Comprehensive system, process and article of manufacture to facilitate institutional, regulatory and individual continuing education requirements via a communications network

• US 20020032576A1
• Filed: 05/30/2001
• Published: 03/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Annette M. Abbott
• Original Assignee: Annette M. Abbott
• Inventors: Abbott, Annette M., Brown, Jack E. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 7,085,800 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access

Abstract

A comprehensive system, process and article of manufacture to facilitate comprehensive institutional, regulatory and individual continuing education (a.k.a. “CE”) requirements via a communications network comprising interactive processing components to facilitate web-based CE tracking and reporting for employers, group member registration, small business member registration, CE content providers & CE accrediting agencies, CE content editor functionality, site-to-site data transfer, provider reporting to accrediting entities, relationships with professional associations, remote CE training, tracking and distribution, CE applications service provider services, individual professional CE services, CE guidance and portfolio management, CE portfolio setup and customization, CE reporting for license reinstatement, an industry portal for licensed professionals, individual member registration, state regulation services and automated e-licensure/e-certification renewal.

Claims

1. A computer system to facilitate the management and communications at institutional, regulatory and individual user community continuing education requirements, said system comprising:

a general purpose computer;

a memory that stores an institutional, regulatory and individual continuing education requirements program;

a central processing unit that, when executing said program, adapts said general purpose computer to facilitate and manage communication between said computer and a plurality of user communities, said communication addressing said communities individualized continuing education requirements.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said adapted computer'"'"'s facilitation and management of communication further comprises:

(a) identifying and managing employer identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(b) identifying and managing continuing education content provider and associated continuing education requirements;

(c) identifying and managing continuing education accrediting agency identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(d) identifying and managing professional association identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(e) identifying and managing individual professional identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(f) identifying and managing regulatory agency identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(g) identifying and managing business entity identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements; and

(h) identifying and facilitating administrative support and database maintenance functions.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said general purpose computer further comprises a video display and input device, said video display and input device configured to facilitate user interaction with said central processing unit.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one database communicably attached to said general purpose computer.

5. An interactive computer based method to facilitate the management and communications of institutional, regulatory and individual continuing education requirements, said method comprising:

(a) identifying and managing employer identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(b) identifying and managing continuing education content provider and associated continuing education requirements;

(c) identifying and managing continuing education accrediting agency identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(d) identifying and managing professional association identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(e) identifying and managing individual professional identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(f) identifying and managing regulatory agency identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(g) identifying and managing business entity identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements; and

(h) identifying and facilitating administrative support and database maintenance functions.

6. A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for identifying and managing institutional, regulatory and individual user community continuing education requirements comprising:

(a) an instruction set for identifying and managing employer identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(b) an instruction set for identifying and managing continuing education content provider and associated continuing education requirements;

(c) an instruction set for identifying and managing continuing education accrediting agency identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(d) an instruction set for identifying and managing professional association identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(e) an instruction set for identifying and managing individual professional identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(f) an instruction set for identifying and managing regulatory agency identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements;

(g) an instruction set for identifying and managing business entity identified relationships and associated continuing education requirements; and

(h) an instruction set for identifying and facilitating administrative support and database maintenance functions.