Methods and systems for providing continuing legal education through an electronic data network to remote hand held devices
First Claim
1. A method for providing training data to remote hand held devices, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for CLE data at a server from a user of a hand held device, said request provided through the hand held device over a data network;
verifying at the server if the user is authorized to receive CLE data from the server; and
providing CLE data from the server over the data network to the user through the hand held device if the user is authorized by the server to receive CLE data.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing continuing legal education (CLE) through/over electronic data networks to remote hand held device users are disclosed. CLE can be provided through data networks to computers and portable hand held devices. Handheld devices can include PDAs, pagers, and wireless phones. CLE can be received by a remote user through electronic data networks for completion at a wireless device. Methods and systems are also disclosed for recording CLE in progress and completed by a remote user. Completed CLE can be transmitted through an electronic network to CLE provider servers through a hand held device. Remote user registration, authentication and certification of completed CLE received from a hand held device through an electronic network can also be conducted by a CLE provider'"'"'s server. CLE providers can identify and/or authenticate users of CLE users requested training courses or of user submitting completed CLE training from a hand held device over an electronic data network using biometrics. Completed CLE training can be certified by CLE providers by sending certification of training results to CLE trainees and third parties (e.g., State Bars Associations) associated with trainees. Certification can be provided via electronic data means including e-mail, facsimile, and automatic generation of paper-based communication (e.g., letters and certificates).
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1. A method for providing training data to remote hand held devices, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for CLE data at a server from a user of a hand held device, said request provided through the hand held device over a data network;
verifying at the server if the user is authorized to receive CLE data from the server; and
providing CLE data from the server over the data network to the user through the hand held device if the user is authorized by the server to receive CLE data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 35, 36, 37)
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11. A system for providing training to remote hand held device users, comprising
a server including connection to a data network, said server for providing at least one of: - registration of trainees, authentication of trainees and providing access to continuing legal education (CLE) by authorized trainees;
a registration module for registering remote hand held device users as authorized trainees;
a authentication module for receiving authentication data samples from remote hand held device users and verifying if the authentication data samples match authentication data associated with an authorized trainees, the authorization data stored in a memory associated with said server; and
memory for storing at least one of;
at least one CLE program, CLE material associated with said at least one CLE program, multimedia data associated with said at least one CLE program, support software associated with said at least one CLE program, trainee records, and CLE authentication data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
- registration of trainees, authentication of trainees and providing access to continuing legal education (CLE) by authorized trainees;
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15. A method for receiving continuing legal education (CLE) remotely at hand held devices, comprising the steps of:
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providing a request for CLE over a data network to a remote CLE server from a hand held device; and
receiving CLE at the hand held device over the data network from the remote CLE server if the request for CLE is authorized by the remote training server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A hand held device adapted for providing remote training to hand held device users, comprising
a CPU; -
a graphical user interface;
communication hardware adapted to provide access to electronic data networks;
memory; and
a CLE program retrieved from a remote server over an electronic data network and stored in said memory. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for managing CLE completed remotely at a hand held device, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a CLE server CLE data transmitted to the CLE server through a data network from a user of a hand held device, the CLE data representing CLE taken by the user at a hand held device;
recording the CLE data in a memory associated with the CLE server;
locating at least one CLE file contained within the CLE data;
determining status of the CLE file by comparing the CLE file with an associated master CLE template accessible from memory by the CLE server, the status including a determination if CLE represented by the CLE file meets a set criterion including at least one of;
pending, incomplete, completed, failed, passed; and
recording CLE status in memory. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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38. A system for managing CLE completed remotely at a hand held device, said system comprising:
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a CLE server, said training server adapted for receiving and processing CLE data transmitted from a user of a hand held device through an electronic data network from a hand held device, wherein said CLE server can locate at least one CLE file contained within the CLE data, determine the status of the CLE file by comparing the CLE file with an associated master CLE template stored in and accessible from memory by the CLE server, the status including a determination if CLE represented by the CLE file meets CLE criterion including at least one of;
pending, incomplete, completed, failed, passed;
electronic data network communication hardware, said electronic data network communication hardware providing said server access to electronic data networks; and
memory accessible by said CLE server, said memory for recording CLE data, at least one CLE file, at least one master CLE template, CLE criterion, and CLE status. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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