Patent ID: 8712988
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for sharing knowledge objects among registered users of a computer network, the system comprising: a means for managing a collection of private knowledge objects, wherein a user has access to any of the user's private knowledge objects directly; a means for managing a collection of published knowledge objects contributed by one or more users, wherein any user has access to any of the published knowledge objects; and a means for managing a collection of listed knowledge objects contributed by one or more users, wherein the collection of listed knowledge objects is searchable, but wherein a listed knowledge object is inaccessible to any user other than the user who contributed the listed knowledge object unless the user who contributed the listed knowledge object authorizes the proposed access; a means for changing a private knowledge object into a listed knowledge object, wherein said private knowledge object is neither identified nor accessed by any of the users other than the user who possesses the private knowledge object; and a means for publishing a private knowledge object or a listed knowledge object as a published, directly accessible knowledge object; and wherein a search further returns a list of users ranked based on the likelihood of possession of knowledge relevant to the search.