Method and system for developing a relationship between college students, universities and businesses
First Claim
1. A method for distributing a gateway application to multimedia information directed to a student at an educational institution, the method comprising the steps of:
- distributing the gateway application to newly matriculated students;
arranging within the multimedia information respective coupons from a plurality of businesses;
arranging within the multimedia information one or more informational aids for the student; and
providing a graphical user interface as part of the gateway application permitting the student to selectively access the multimedia information.
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Abstract
An information provider partners with an education institution, such as a university, and businesses to collect content that is of interest to the students at the educational institution. The information provider organizes and presents the content in an entertaining and dynamic way to attract the students to access the content. The university plays a role in establishing ways to access the content so that students are more likely to view the content as sanctioned by the university. The content is separated into a gateway, or portal, application with static content and the dynamic content. The portal application and static content are distributed by the university. The dynamic content is maintained by the information provider such that up-to-date information is made available to the student when the student accesses the content using the portal application.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for distributing a gateway application to multimedia information directed to a student at an educational institution, the method comprising the steps of:
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distributing the gateway application to newly matriculated students;
arranging within the multimedia information respective coupons from a plurality of businesses;
arranging within the multimedia information one or more informational aids for the student; and
providing a graphical user interface as part of the gateway application permitting the student to selectively access the multimedia information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing information to a student at an educational institution, comprising the steps of:
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receiving first informational content from the educational institution;
receiving respective second informational content from a plurality of businesses;
arranging the first and second informational content into an interactive, multimedia source of information; and
providing, to the student, access to the interactive, multimedia source of information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of providing content from multimedia information to a student using a gateway application distributed by an educational institution to newly matriculated students, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for the content from the gateway application;
selecting the content from among first informational content received from the educational institution and respective second informational content received from a plurality of businesses; and
transmitting the content to the gateway application. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A system for providing information to a student at an educational institution, the system comprising:
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a first memory storing first informational content from the educational institution;
a second memory storing respective second informational content from a plurality of businesses; and
a programmable computer, in communication with the first and second memory, and configured to;
select interactive, multimedia content from the first and second informational content, and provide the interactive, multimedia content to a gateway application distributed by an educational institution to newly matriculated students. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A computer readable medium bearing instructions for providing content from multimedia information to a student using a gateway application distributed by an educational institution to newly matriculated students, said instructions being arranged to cause one or more processors upon execution thereof to perform the steps of:
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arranging within the multimedia information respective coupons from a plurality of businesses;
arranging within the multimedia information one or more informational aids for the student;
receiving a request from the gateway application requesting selective access to content from the multimedia information; and
in response to the request, generating a reply message comprising the content.
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34. A computer readable medium bearing instructions for building a central information source for a student using a gateway application distributed by an educational institution to newly matriculated students, said instructions being arranged to cause one or more processors upon execution thereof to perform the steps of:
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receiving first informational content from the educational institution;
receiving respective second informational content from a plurality of businesses;
arranging the first and second informational content into an interactive, multimedia source of information; and
providing, to the student, access to the interactive, multimedia source of information.
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35. A computer readable medium bearing instructions for providing content from multimedia information to a student using a gateway application distributed by an educational institution to newly matriculated students, said instructions being arranged to cause one or more processors upon execution thereof to perform the steps of:
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receiving a request for the content from the gateway application;
selecting the content from among first informational content received from the educational institution and respective second informational content received from a plurality of businesses; and
transmitting the content to the gateway application.
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