Patent ID: 7831509
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing a user with education financing information, the method incorporating a network server including a processor, and comprising the acts of: implementing the processor for executing instructions for storing an electronic site accessible to the user over a network; sending data to the user over the network for presentation in at least one electronic screen containing financial award information concerning a potential student of an educational institution, the financial award information including a monetary award usable by the student to attend the educational institution; receiving a user request at the electronic site for cost projection information; producing the cost projection information through a cost projection calculator implemented by the processor, the cost projection calculator utilizing educational institution data stored in a storage medium accessible to the processor, the educational institution data including at least a cost of attendance at the educational institution; sending the cost projection information to the user over the network for presentation in at least one electronic screen, the cost projection information being a function of the award and including an amount of money required for the student to attend the educational institution; sending an input field to the user over the computer network in at least one electronic screen, the input field operable to receive a user decision for transmission over the computer network indicating the input field allowing decisions including acceptance, rejection, and modification of the award; receiving the user decision entered in the provided input field; and selecting information for transmission through an additional electronic screen based on the received user decision.