On-line higher education financing system
First Claim
1. A system for providing educational financing information, the system comprising:
- a processor;
a storage medium coupled to the processor;
a network interface for transmitting and receiving data over a network;
wherein the processor executes instructions stored in at least the storage medium to perform the functions of;
maintaining an electronic site on the network for providing student financial aid processing including student financial aid award package offers, the electronic site including personalized information for a plurality of users and customized information related to educational financing for a plurality of educational institutions;
receiving user data at the electronic site and developing a personal profile of a user based on the received user data;
managing information related to educational financing for the user at an educational institution, wherein managing information related to educational financing for the user at an educational institution further comprises providing data to the user presented in at least one electronic screen related to educational financing at the educational institution;
accepting user input for modifying the educational financing; and
evaluating the user input based on the personal profile to determine if the user input is valid.
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Abstract
A method of providing a user with education financing information, includes the acts of: maintaining an electronic site on a computer network to which the user may connect; sending data to the user over the network for presenting at least one electronic screen which contains financial award information concerning a potential student of an educational institution, the financial award information including a monetary award which may be used for the student to attend the educational institution; and sending data to the user over the network when requested for presenting at least one electronic screen which contains cost projection information, the cost projection information being a function of the award and including an amount of money required for the student to attend the educational institution.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for providing educational financing information, the system comprising:
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a processor; a storage medium coupled to the processor; a network interface for transmitting and receiving data over a network; wherein the processor executes instructions stored in at least the storage medium to perform the functions of; maintaining an electronic site on the network for providing student financial aid processing including student financial aid award package offers, the electronic site including personalized information for a plurality of users and customized information related to educational financing for a plurality of educational institutions; receiving user data at the electronic site and developing a personal profile of a user based on the received user data; managing information related to educational financing for the user at an educational institution, wherein managing information related to educational financing for the user at an educational institution further comprises providing data to the user presented in at least one electronic screen related to educational financing at the educational institution; accepting user input for modifying the educational financing; and evaluating the user input based on the personal profile to determine if the user input is valid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method for providing educational financing information, the computer-implemented method implemented with at least one processor, at least one storage medium, and at least one network, the method comprising:
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maintaining an electronic site on the network for providing student financial aid processing including student financial aid award package offers, the electronic site including personalized information for a plurality of users and customized information related to educational financing for a plurality of educational institutions; receiving user data at the electronic site and developing a personal profile of a user; managing information related to educational financing for the user at an educational institution, wherein managing information related to educational financing for the user at an educational institution further comprises providing data to the user presented in at least one electronic screen related to educational financing at the educational institution; accepting user input for modifying the educational financing; and evaluating, through implementation of the processor, the user input based on the personal profile to determine if the user input is valid. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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