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Network-community research service

  • US 8,316,018 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2008
  • Issued: 11/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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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.

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