Patent ID: 7308581

Claim:
A step-wise computerized method for administering a study course to an individual over a computer network, the method comprising: receiving a request from a web browser or computer program launched by a computer used by the individual for access to a web page comprising study course material; obtaining a first image of the individual's face using a camera; providing the individual with access to course material over the network prior to an authenticating the individual's access; continuously imaging the individual's face with the camera while the individual is accessing the course and correlating the first image with the images obtained by continuously imaging the individual's face; inserting a value into a unique data field embedded in a web page wherein the value is an access value if the camera is activated and wherein the value chances to a decline value if one or more of the continuous images does not match the first image; and terminating access to the study course material as soon as one or more of the images obtained by continuously imaging the individual's face does not match the first image.