Patent ID: 7085800
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G06Q,G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
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 central processing unit connected to said general purpose computer and having a memory that stores an institutional, regulatory and individual continuing education requirements program and information about an individual's current licensing or certifying status, employment and continuing education programs completed; a computer software program, wherein said program adapts said central processing unit to facilitate and manage communication between said general purpose computer and a plurality of user communities comprising employers, employees and a plurality of sources of institutional, regulatory and continuing education programs and certifications, said communication addressing said communities individualized continuing education requirements such that an individual, a licensing entity, a certifying entity, an employer and a continuing education provider may modify or update data regarding an individual; and, wherein said adapted central processing unit's facilitation and management of communication 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; (h) identifying and facilitating administrative support and database maintenance functions;