Patent ID: 9171094
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic information filtering computer system, comprising: a processor; a memory, the processor is signal-connected to the memory; a new member function executable by the processor to receive a new member in a base unit of the plurality of units in the base layer of the hierarchal tree organizing structure by creating a member record associated with the base unit and the new member when an electronic membership vote of human members associated with member records of the base unit approve granting membership in the base unit to the new member, a new member who was not previously a member of any unit of the plurality of units is only initially eligible for admission into membership of units in the base layer; and a link receiving function executable by the processor for receiving an address link to be reviewed by one or more human members and storing the address link in the link datastore; a content view request function executable by the processor for receiving, from a member of a unit of the plurality of units, a content view request to view content of a category of the one or more categories; a link retrieval function executable by the processor for retrieving from the link datastore at least one address link associated with the category; a link sending function executable by the processor for sending, via the computer network, the at least one address link retrieved from the link datastore and associated with the category, to the member making the content view request; a preliminary recommendation function executable by the processor for receiving a preliminary recommendation of the at least one address link from at least one human member associated with a member record associated with a unit of the plurality of units, a preliminary rank increasing function executable by the processor for increasing the link rank associated with the address link if the address link receives the preliminary recommendation; an address link vote prompting function executable by the processor to prompt, via electronic communication, human members associated with member records associated with a unit of the plurality of units in a present layer of the plurality of layers, to address link vote whether to promote the address link associated with the category if the address link previously received the preliminary recommendation; and a designating function executable by the processor for designating the address link for review by the receiving superior unit in a next layer, of the plurality of layers, above the unit, if said receiving superior unit exists and if a pass number of human members of the unit vote to promote the address link during the address link vote.