System and database for education

• US 20120215712A1
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tariq Malki
• Original Assignee: Tariq Malki
• Inventors: Malki, Tariq
• Application Number:
  US13/400,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20120215712A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/327
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance

Abstract

A method, a system, a computer program product, and a database organization for a multi-language membership website for use by individuals—both members and visitors—, companies, providers, and experts. The product supplies information about education opportunities with a primary intention of directing users to educators. Users can select an occupational goal and the product will direct the users to education providers so the user may advance professionally.

Claims

1. I claim an international, multilanguage membership system comprising a system and a plurality of databases wherein said system and databases direct users to sources of education and training opportunities.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein users may come from anywhere in the world that there is access to the internet.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said education and training may be obtained in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said users may be visitors, members, providers, experts, and trainers.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said databases include databases of industries, jobs, provider programs, experts, and trainers.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein users may be visitors, members, providers, experts, and trainers.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein users enter at the system home page.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein users at the system home page choose whether to follow the visitor path or member path.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein users who may register as members by providing the system with their name, industry, job title, country, city, address, email, telephone, mobile phone, program name and provider, year, duration, certification type, industry type, and target job with job title and industry type.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said system enters the data from said user in the member'"'"'s database.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein users may register as corporate members.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein corporate members my register multiple employees as users.

13. The system of claim 6 wherein providers may register and provide language, country, city, address, name, contact person name, email, telephone, mobile phone, website, about us page, large logo, small logo, preferred currency, and industry.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein providers provide a list of programs and services provided by that provider along with any promotional and payment details, program details for all programs including code, category or field, program type, certificate or degree type, industry, job title, attendance type, languages, keywords, URL, contact person, and contact mail.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein for each program the provider provides for each occurrence the country, city, start date, end date, start time, end time, venue, and price.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein all data provided by providers is entered into the provider database.

17. The system of claim 6 wherein experts and trainers may register and provide qualification and experience details, said details being made available to other members and providers.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein experts and trainers provide services to other members.

19. The system of claim 16 wherein providers may log in and obtain important statistics, messages, and alerts, may update their database entries either one at a time or in multiples, may upload tables of information to the system for inclusion in the provider database, may use frames or outline tables for said uploading, and may create lists of favorites which contain links to other providers, programs, trainers, experts, and members.

20. The system of claim 6 wherein providers and members may communicate with one another using an inbox and may communicate via forums.

21. The system of claim 16 wherein members may mark a provider'"'"'s program as being in a wrong classification.

22. The system of claim 6 wherein providers pay to be listed in the database, may include promotional lines in their entries, and may advertize.

23. The system of claim 10 wherein members log in and review lists of programs that will assist the members in achieving job goals.

24. The system of claim 1 wherein said databases are inter-related and link to one another using a multi-level architecture.