Technical field

[001] The present disclosure relates to the field of networked platforms. More particularly, the present invention relates to enabling a user to perform role based activities on a networked platform of consulting, supporting, training, mentoring and the like.

Background

[002] The Internet and the World Wide Web (hereinafter "the web") have revolutionized the ways in which information is disseminated and shared. A wide variety of information can be simultaneously accessed by multiple users through a new category of documents designed to easily represent content for display and transmission over the Internet. These new documents, often referred to as electronic documents or web pages, are increasingly replacing their traditional paper counterparts as the medium through which business is carried out.

[003] An electronic document is a multimedia composition that is displayed to the user on a "web browser window" by "web browser software". Electronic documents may contain text, audio, graphics, imagery, and video content, as well as nearly any other type of content that may be experienced through use of a computer or other electronic devices. Additionally, electronic documents may be interactive, and may contain user selectable links that cause other electronic documents to be accessed.

[004] The Internet provides a very effective environment for the collaborative learning of various topics, especially when it involves the use of a computer, such as, for example, learning computer languages. Students can access a number of online tutorials on computer languages, learn about the languages keywords and syntax, and immediately apply the concepts learned in the tutorials by writing and executing programs on the same computer where the tutorials are being displayed. The students can further share their programs with others for review, by including them in electronic documents accessible over the Internet. This process has considerably facilitated the learning of computer languages for many users, including the growing community of non-technically savvy users who desire to be proficient in creating computer applications. But a networked platform for teaching online has been vital and many platforms have been in use which gives training to novices in different platforms but a web platform with availing classes/courses teachings offered by experienced professional and enabling them to perform different activities based on their expertise has been in scarce.

[005] In the light of aforementioned discussion there exists a need for an enhanced system and method for enabling a user to perform role based activities networked platform.

Brief Summary

[006] The following presents a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure and it does not identify key/critical elements of the invention or delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed herein in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

[007] Exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to provide consulting, supporting, training and mentoring services on a single platform. Exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to enable a user to perform role based activities on the networked platform based on the experience gained in the professional career.

[008] Exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to enable a user to act as a service receiver from other registered users and provide service to other registered users.

[009] Exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to enable a registered user to perform role of a student, professor, fresher, trainee, trainer, consultant, employee, employer, supportee, supporter, mentee, mentor and the like. [0010] Exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to provide content management facility to trainers, supporters, consultants, Professors, Mentors, Employers to manage relevant materials, videos, quizzes, tests, feedback and the like.

[0011] Exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to enable the trainers/tutors to offer group discounts for users when there are a group of users who would like to take the training in the same batch.

[0012] Another exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to offer discount coupons when the same user is attending two or more trainings from the same trainer / training company.

[0013] Another exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to allow the student to stand as a fresher upon completion of education.

[0014] Another exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to allow the fresher to enroll as an employee upon employed.

[0015] Another exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to allow the employers to register as trainers, supporter, and consulting company.

[0016] Yet another exemplary aspect of the present subject matter is to provide future listings of the demonstrations, sessions and schedules for the courses to the user.

Brief Description of Drawings

[0017] Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals have been used to designate like elements, and wherein:

[0018] FIG.1A is a diagram depicting multiple roles of a user.

[0019] FIG. IB is a diagram depicting a system for enabling a user to perform role based activities on a networked platform. [0020] FIG. 2 is a flow diagram depicting a user registration process.

[0021] FIG. 3 is a flow diagram depicting profile creation process by the user.

[0022] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram depicting allowing the user to search for a service provider or a service receiver.

Detailed Description

[0023] It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The present disclosure is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

[0024] The use of "including", "comprising" or "having" and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. The terms "a" and "an" herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced item. Further, the use of terms "first", "second", and "third", and the like, herein do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another.

[0025] Referring to FIG. 1A is a diagram 100A depicting multiple roles of a user. As shown in FIG. 1A, the system includes a user profile management unit for allowing the user 101 to create, update, modify or delete the personalized profile created on the networked platform. The user 101 registered with the networked platform is enabled to select a role of a service provider or a service receiver. According to a non limiting exemplary aspect, if the role selected by the user is service provider, the user may adapt a role which may include but not limited to professor 101b, consultant lOld, supporter lOlg, mentor lOli, trainer lOlj and employer 1011 and the like. Similarly the user may adapt a role service receiver which may include but not limited to student 101a, fresher/jobseeker 101c, employee lOle, supportee lOlf, mentee lOlh, trainee 101k and the like.

[0026] Referring to FIG. IB is a diagram 100B depicting a system for enabling a user to perform role based activities on a networked platform. As shown in FIG. IB the system includes a user profile management unit 102 for allowing the user to create, update, modify or delete the personalized profile created on the networked platform. According to a non limiting exemplary aspect, the user may perform a role of a service receiver or a service provider which may include but not limited to a student, professor, fresher, trainee, trainer, consultant, employee, employer, supportee, supporter, mentee, mentor, guest user and the like. Below listed is an exemplary table listing various roles that can be performed by the user on the networked platform of consulting, supporting and training:

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[0027] As shown in Figure IB, the system 100b includes a user role management unit 104 in communication with user profile management unit 102 to enable a user to selectively choose any one role and update the personalized profile to receive services from other service providers and/or offer services to other service receivers. In some embodiment, the user selects a role of a service provider such as trainer, training company, supporter, professor, mentor and the like. For example, considering the selected service provider role is a trainer, the trainer creates a trainer profile and makes a payment of predefined amount provided by the system through a user payments management unit for displaying the trainer profile in search results. After payment, the trainer is enabled to create courses, demos and schedules and these may be displayed over the networked platform along with the trainer profile in the search results for the service receivers. In some embodiments, the user may select a role of a service receiver such as trainee, student, fresher/jobseeker, employee, supportee, mentee and the like. For example, considering the selected service receiver is a trainee, the trainee registered with the networked platform selects a course interested in and may send a message to the corresponding trainer offering the course. The networked platform including a customized messaging system coupled between the service provider and service servicer configured to provide a reply to the message sent by the trainee and the trainer may also share email id and contact number and also send a custom message to the trainee for direct communication and for further clarification of queries of the trainee.

[0028] Also as shown in Figure IB, a customized search engine unit 106 enables the user to enter multiple search credentials for retrieving credentials of multiple service providers and/or multiple service receivers. In some embodiment, if the user is a service provider, the search credentials related to the multiple service receivers are retrieved. The credentials corresponding to the multiple service receivers may include but not limited to courses interested, basic profile, current status which indicates the user is a fresher/jobseeker or student or trainee or supportee. In some embodiments, if the user is a service receiver, the search credentials related to the multiple service providers are retrieved. The credentials corresponding to the multiple service providers may include but not limited to courses offered, price, demos, schedules for each individual course and the like. The system 100b also includes a reference management unit 108 for enabling the user to refer multiple service providers to multiple service and multiple service receivers are referred to the multiple service providers.

[0029] Further as shown in Figure IB, a service providing management unit 110 included in the system 100b is used to manage credentials corresponding to multiple service providers for enabling the multiple service providers to offer services and enable the multiple service receivers to receive services from the multiple service providers. For example, if the service provider is a professor, the credentials corresponding to the professor may include but not limited to qualification, current working university, experience, specialized in a subject and the like. And a service receiving management unit 112 is used to manage credentials corresponding to multiple service receivers for enabling the multiple services receivers to receive services and enable the multiple service providers to offer services to the multiple service receivers. For example, if the service receiver is a student, the credentials corresponding to the student may include but not limited to qualification, specialization such a branch in graduation, query related to a subject and the like.

[0030] Also further as shown in Figure IB, the system 100b includes a user grouping unit 114 configured to group multiple service providers with the multiple service receivers, grouping multiple service receivers and grouping multiple service providers and to further enable the corresponding members of the group to communicate over the networked platform. Furthermore, the system 100b also includes a database unit 122 to store data corresponding to the profile management unit 102, the user role management unit 104, the customized search engine unit 106, the reference management unit 108, the service providing management unit 112, the service receiving management unit 116, the grouping unit 114, and the advertisement management unit. Also the system includes an advertisement unit 118 to display advertisements over the user account and also other units 120 are integrated within the platform to perform respective actions as required by the user.

[0031] Referring to FIG. 1C is a diagram lOOC depicting other exemplary units of the system. According to a non limiting exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the other exemplary unit included in the system is an authentication unit 120a used to provide secure login details of the user registered with the networked platform. The system also includes a user account management unit 120b to manage user account which may be referred as a service provider account or a service receiver account based on the role selected by the user through a user role management. The account of the user may also be updated based on the profile changes of the user.

[0032] As shown in Figure 1C, the system includes an email/instant messaging unit 120c to provide emails/instant messages to both the service providers and the service receivers. The emails/instant messages provided to the service providers may for example be related to the courses requested by the multiple service receivers and the emails/instant messages provided to the service receivers may for example be related to the courses provided by the multiple service providers based on the profile of the each individual service receiver. The system also includes a reporting unit 120d to report the multiple service providers regarding the messages provided by the multiple service receivers. Also, a notification management unit 120e used to provide notifications to the multiple service providers and the multiple service receivers based on the interests listed in the profile of the each individual service provider and the service receiver.

[0033] Further as shown in Figure 1C, the system includes a user data management unit 120f to manage data related to any user registered with the networked platform by creating the specified profile and updating the created profile based on the requirement and experience of the user. The system also includes a news management unit 120g to provide news related to the courses provided by the service providers, highlights of the course, benefits of the course and the like. Also a workshop/projects unit 120h of the system may be configured to provide user details corresponding to the workshops/projects performed by the multiple service providers. Further, a user payment unit 120i may be configured to provide a secure payment gateway to the users of the networked platform. The user payment unit 120i is enabled to receive payments from the multiple service providers and the multiple service receivers for registering with the respective networked platform. The registered service receivers are enabled to make payments based on the selected courses provided by the service providers and the payment received from the specific service receiver is transmitted to the service provider on completing the training session offered to the service receiver.

[0034] Referring to FIG. 2 is a flow diagram 200 depicting a user registration. According to a non limiting exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the user registration method starts at 202 by enabling a user to sign up with the networked platform. Next at 204, the user is prompted to enter personal credentials which may include but not limited to the name, address, email id, contact number and the like over the networked platform. Further at 206, the networked platform verifies the personalized credentials provided by the user for further continuing the registration process of the user. Thus based on the verification, the user may be registered with networked platform by creating a personalized user account at 208. [0035] Referring to FIG. 3 is a flow diagram 300 depicting profile creation by the user. According to a non limiting exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the profile creation of the user starts at 302 by enabling a registered user to login to the networked platform and allow the user to enter the prerequisites in data entry fields at 304. The prerequisites may include but not limited to user name, password, verification codes and the like. Next at 306, the user is enabled to fill the details corresponding to the skill set which may include but not limited to qualification, experience, interests, training experience, experience in course and the like and the update profile of the user is published in the user account over the networked platform at 308.

[0036] Referring to FIG. 4 is a flow diagram 400 depicting allowing the user to search for a service provider or a service receiver. According to a non limiting exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of allowing the user to search for a service provider or a service receiver starts at 402 by enabling a user to login into the networked platform. At step 404, the user is enabled to select a role of a service provider or a service receiver in the networked platform. Next at 406, the user is provided with a customized search engine to retrieve results related to the corresponding role selected by the user. Further at 408, the user is allowed to search for the required results based on the courses required by the service receiver, if the selected role is a service provider or based on the courses provided by the service provider, if the selected role is a service receiver.

[0066] While specific embodiments of the disclosure have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the inventive principles, it will be understood that the disclosure may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.