System and method for providing educational and/or advertising materials
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1. A method for accessing educational materials, comprising:
- using a cellular device to access the educational materials; and
using the cellular device to answer one or more questions that are related to the educational materials whereby successful answering of the one or more questions serves to earn continuing education credits.
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Abstract
A system and method for receiving content in a network including a cellular device. The content may include educational materials and/or advertising. The cellular device may be used to answer one or more questions that are related to the educational materials whereby successfully answering the one or more questions serves to earn continuing education credits. Advertising materials may be redeemed with a retailer to earn rewards, such as discounts, samples, cellular minutes, etc.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for accessing educational materials, comprising:
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using a cellular device to access the educational materials; and
using the cellular device to answer one or more questions that are related to the educational materials whereby successful answering of the one or more questions serves to earn continuing education credits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for providing access to educational materials, comprising:
a server having access to a database in which the educational materials are stored, the server and the educational materials stored in the database being accessible via a cellular connection. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 46, 47, 48)
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15. A method for providing educational materials to a user, comprising:
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allowing a user to access via a cellular connection a database in which the educational materials are stored;
providing questions relevant to the educational materials to the user via the cellular connection;
accepting responses to the questions via the cellular connection; and
maintaining a history of the user access to the database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. The method as recited in claim 24, wherein the educational materials comprise image files.
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25. A method for accessing educational materials, comprising:
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accessing educational materials; and
using a cellular device to answer one or more questions that are related to the educational materials whereby successful answering of the one or more questions serves to earn continuing education credits. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for redeeming rewards associated with advertising, comprising:
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receiving with a cellular device an advertisement including data representative of the reward; and
causing the cellular device to download the data into a docking station of a retailer for validation that the reward is redeemable. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A method for redeeming rewards associated with advertising, comprising:
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receiving an advertisement including data representative of the reward with a cellular device; and
causing the cellular device to download the data into a docking station; and
communicating the data to a clearinghouse whereby an account associated with the cellular device is provided with a credit amount. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method for providing redeemable rewards credit amounts, comprising:
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transmitting an advertisement to a cellular device of the user;
crediting a rewards account associated with the user with a rewards credit amount upon receiving confirmation that the user has viewed the advertisement; and
making accumulated rewards credit amounts available to the user for purposes of redemption. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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