Patent Document ID: 10083492
Application ID: 15207965

Base Claim:
1. A method for educating a patient through a collaborative network, the method comprising: authenticating the patient with a username and a password, wherein the username and password are registered by way of an authentication number provided through a hospital entry process such that the authentication number ensures the authenticity of the patient and ensures that patient information is gapped to ensure privacy; receiving a request by a server from a client computer for entry to a repository for a plurality of educational design activities, wherein each of the plurality of educational design activities includes exemplar design configurations and material lists, and wherein each of the plurality of educational design activities is configured to include photographs and written texts for other patients who have completed the associated educational design activity; transmitting a hypertext document to the client computer that includes the plurality of educational design activities, wherein the hypertext document is configured to be displayed through a browsing application on the client computer; receiving a request by the server from the client computer for access to a selected education design activity; providing access to a design engine for the selected educational design activity; storing a design file created by the patient using the design engine; transmitting the design file to a shared workstation, wherein the shared workstation includes a vinyl cutting machine; and generating vinyl shapes based at least in part on the design file.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the design engine is a computer aided design (CAD) engine is stored remotely from the client computer and accessed through the browsing application on the client computer.