Patent ID: 8751559

Claim:
A method comprising: tracking a number of questions asked by an inquirer, the inquirer being one of a plurality of participants of an electronic question processing system; tracking a number of answers to questions answered by the inquirer at the electronic question processing system; receiving a question from the inquirer; determining whether the number of questions asked by the inquirer and the number of answers to questions answered by the inquirer are in balance; if the number of questions asked by the inquirer and the number of answers to questions answered by the inquirer are in balance: determining a person to answer the question, the person being another of the plurality of participants of the electronic question processing system; and routing the question from the inquirer to a device associated with the person; and if the number of questions asked by the inquirer and the number of answers to questions answered by the inquirer are not in balance, preventing the question from the inquirer from being routed.