Method for teaching
OwnerAllen Epsteininventor
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention include one or more of capturing educational presentations by presenters using instructional aids, making productions of these presentations available over an Internet connection to consumers of educational services, aiding selection of a particular topic and a particular presenter, and financially compensating presenters in accordance with the popularity of their educational presentations.
Claims8
A method of teaching comprising the step of aiding qualified users in the selection of an educational presentation from among a plurality of educational presentations, such presentations being stored in digital media accessible from the Internet and each such presentation teaching the same topic and being presented by a different presenter, by providing qualified users an indication of the popularity of at least two of the plurality of presentations.
A method of teaching comprising the steps of:
- for qualified users, providing access via the Internet to a plurality of educational presentations stored in digital media, each said presentation teaching the same topic and being made by a different presenter;
- collecting financial compensation from a plurality of qualified users;
- step for aiding qualified users in the selection of a particular educational presentation from the plurality of educational presentations;
- and,
- for at least one presenter, step for determining an amount of financial compensation to be paid to such presenter.
A method of teaching comprising the steps of:
- for qualified users, providing Internet access to a plurality of educational presentations stored in digital media, each said presentation teaching the same topic and being made by a different presenter;
- collecting financial compensation from a plurality of qualified users;
- obtaining a first indicia of popularity for each educational presentation by tracking the number of times each educational presentation has been replayed;
- inferring one or more presentation figures of merit from the first indicia of popularity;
- obtaining a second indicia of popularity for each presenter by tracking the number of times each presenter has been replayed;
- inferring one or more presenter figures of merit from the second indicia of popularity;
- inferring one or more combined figures of merit, each combined figure of merit being a function of both the first and second indicia of popularity;
- making at least one of the figures of merit available to qualified users for use in selecting a particular educational presentation;
- calculating an amount of financial compensation to be paid to at least one presenter as a function of at least one figure of merit;
- identifying users who receive regular classroom instruction from presenters carrying out their duties as teachers;
- and,
- offering any such user the educational presentation made by such user's teacher when such user selects a topic for which an educational presentation by such teacher is stored in the digital media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.