System and method for facilitating an online study session

摘要

The invention is directed toward a system and method for facilitating an online study session. The invention provides for users to view and interact with digital content over a server system. Users may invite additional users to engage in an online study session. The owner of the digital content may give limited control of the digital content to another participant in the online study session. The users may add digital annotations to the digital content during the online study session. Users may search for digital content hosted on the system that is owned by users within the searcher's expanded social network. The system comprises a client computer connected to a server computer with a database through the internet, a social networking software module, a content management software module, a user annotation software module, an interaction platform software module, and communication software modules.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating an online study group comprising
Enrolling a first user in a social networking system Hosting digital content owned by said first user on a server computer Said first user logging into a user account hosted on said server computer via a client computer Permitting said first user to schedule an online study session displaying said digital content owned by said first user Providing a URL to said first user
Said URL redirecting a user to an online study session space hosted on said server Permitting said first user to invite other users to an online study session hosted on said server computer Displaying said digital content to the participants in an online study session
wherein said participants view said digital content via client computers connected to said server computer Wherein said first user has control over said digital content during said online study session Wherein all participants in said online study session view said digital content as displayed and manipulated by said first user Ending said online study session when said first user chooses or when said first user logs off of said user account.