System and method for remote learning, such as for costs and benefits personnel and professionals

• US 20050112539A1
• Filed: 10/04/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David J. Thomsen
• Original Assignee: David J. Thomsen
• Inventors: Thomsen, David J.
• Application Number:
  US10/958,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20050112539A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/08 providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations

Abstract

A system and method for remote learning, such as in the area of compensation and benefits for costs and benefits personnel and professionals. The method can include receiving over a computer network a user request to access a remote course, providing course material for the requested, and providing a virtual picture frame wherein the frame surrounds the course material and includes one or more links to executable applications relevant to the requested course. The method can further include receiving a user request to access through a link in the virtual picture frame an executable application, executing the application and providing a display of the content of the application.

Claims

1. A remote learning method for use with a public computer network coupling at least one client computer to a server computer, the method comprising:

receiving over the computer network from a client computer a user selection for a remote educational course;

providing course material, including textual information for the selected course;

providing one or more executable applications to the client computer relevant to the selected course;

providing a virtual picture frame wherein the frame includes one or more links to the executable applications on the client computer;

at the client computer, presenting the virtual picture frame surrounding a display of at least a portion of the textual information for the selected course in a central portion wherein the text requires the user to access one or more of the executable applications;

at the client computer, receiving a user request through a link in the virtual picture frame to access an executable application; and

at the client computer, executing the requested executable application.

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