Patent ID: 6016335
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
In a telephone course registration system of the type where a student, by entering information on a telephone, registers for an educational term by selecting at least one course offered by an educational institution, the registration system comprising a data processor, means connected to the data processor for generating a voice message and delivering the voice message to the telephone in response to instructions from the data processor, at least one incoming telephone line connected to the data processor, and means for matching an identification number provided by the student with a predetermined list of identification numbers corresponding to students approved for registration, the improvement comprisinga first database means, connectable with the data processor, for storing a list of courses satisfactorily completed by the student;a second database means, connectable with the data processor, for storing a list of courses and any associated prerequisite courses which must be satisfactorily completed before a selected course may be registered for;retrieval means for retrieving from said first database means the list of courses satisfactorily completed by the student having an identification number on the predetermined list;determining means for searching said second database means and determining the associated prerequisite courses required for the course selected by the student; andcomparison means for comparing the list of courses satisfactorily completed by the student with the associate prerequisite courses required for the course selected by the student to determine if the student may register for the selected course,wherein said comparison means makes the determination whether the student may register for the selected course while the student is in telephone communication with the telephone course registration means.