ONLINE COMMUNITY-BASED KNOWLEDGE CERTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

摘要

An online knowledge verification system, method and software system product provides self-generating community-based knowledge certification. The system can be web-based and includes an infrastructure that allows users to identify and import into the system information descriptive of virtually unlimited content media for which knowledge certification can be established. The system includes a Question Preparation Engine by which questions and answers for an identified content medium are prepared for supporting the certification process. A Question Judgment Engine permits users to provide endorsement scores for the value of questions provided by other users for each content medium. Testing Engines are provided for testing the knowledge of users, using the prepared questions and answers having sufficient endorsement from the community and providing certificates for users who pass the tests for that particular content medium. The system permits users to share those certificates with other users of the community, as well as contacts on social media websites.

主权项

1. A system for providing online community-based certification of a user's knowledge of content embodied in a content medium, the system comprising:
a database for storing information descriptive of each of a plurality of content media and the content embodied therein at the request of one or more users of the community, the descriptive information for each content medium of the plurality being associated with a unique content medium page; at least one computer processing device coupled to the database, the computer processing device accessible to the users over a network; a question preparation engine, executed by the at least one processing device at the request of a user, to enable the requesting user to prepare test questions and associated answer options concerning the content embodied in at least one content medium of the plurality; a question judgment engine, executed by the at least one processing device at the request of a user, to enable the requesting user to assign an endorsement rating to questions prepared by other users of the community through the question preparation engine for at least one content medium of the plurality; and at least one certificate test engine, executed by the at least one processing device at the request of a user, to enable the requesting user to apply for a certificate for at least one content medium of the plurality for which a minimum number of questions and associated answer options have been prepared, the at least one certificate test engine granting ownership of the certificate for which the user applies if the user correctly answers a predetermined number of the prepared questions.