Patent Document ID: 8016678
Application ID: 11285896

Base Claim:
1. A method of providing a massive multiplayer educational role playing game to a learner comprising: a. connecting a learner's computer to a learner connection containing a learner profile and a billing system; b. validating the learner's credit; c. updating the learner's profile for game access; d. selecting a multiplicity of target education skills; e. providing the learner one or more persistent characters used in the game with a starting character game level; f. using an activity module to provide a multiplicity of activities; g. requiring demonstration of target education skills in a first group of activities to provide the character a PGO; h. varying the type of PGO provided in first group activities dependent on errors in demonstration of target education skills; i. providing a second group of activities without target education skills; j. arranging the activity module to require a predetermined type and amount of PGO's produced by first group activities to successfully complete a second group activity; k. updating the learner's profile upon successful completion of activities for demonstration of target education skills; and l. charging the learner's credit card on a periodic basis whereby for a payment of money, a learner is motivated by indirect feedback to learn target education skills.

---

Claim 5:
5. The method of providing the game as in claim 1 further comprising providing PGO enhancements in first group activities where the activity module requires a predetermined type and amount of PGO's and PGO enhancements produced by first group activities to successfully complete a second group activity.