Patent ID: 8316018
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A network server computer, comprising: a computer-readable storage device; an enrollment module to maintain a roster of teachers and students belonging to an online educational community, the enrollment module further configured to allow each member belonging to the online educational community to shield selected educational-community activities; and a research module to receive, via a computer network, a research query from a requesting student belonging to the online educational community, the research module configured to answer the research query with a ranked list of community filtered research results from outside of the online educational community, the ranked list of community filtered research results at least partially prioritized based on educational-community activities of non-requesting students or non-requesting teachers belonging to the online educational community, the ranked list of community filtered results excluding prioritization based on shielded educational-community activities of non-requesting students or non-requesting teachers belonging to the online educational community.