Method and system for management of an electronic mentoring program

• US 20060253572A1
• Filed: 04/13/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cricket Media, Inc. (Cricket Media Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Cricket Media, Inc. (Cricket Media Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Gomez, Osmani, Lajeunesse, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US11/402,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253572A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/20 Education
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

The invention comprises a platform that allows the complete development and management of an online mentoring program. This includes: a hierarchical administration system a user management with custom data fields stored for each user type a project-based mentor and student participation component tools to track program participation. The system stores and manages the hierarchical structure in a relational database management system. One of the unique aspects of this design allows a complete separation of programs by client, and allows hierarchies of any size with no appreciable degradation in performance of the system.

Claims

1. An on-line mentoring system comprising:

a. a hierarchical, location based administrative system accessed by a designated administrator;

b. a student user account created within the administrative system to permit the student user to communicate within the mentoring system in accordance with the communication criteria established by the administrator;

c. a mentor user account created within the administrative system to permit the student user and the mentor user to communicate with each other within the mentoring system;

d. a project based participation system within the mentoring system to permit the mentor user and student user to be assigned projects; and

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e. a participation tracking system within the mentoring system to permit the administrator to determine the mentor/student participation.