ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,868, issued on April 15, was assigned to EdCast Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Collaborative content ranking for skill development in an online education platform" was invented by Karl Mehta (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a computerized method for collaborative content scoring in an online educational platform includes the step of provide an educational content via the online educational platform. The method includes the step of determining a genre of the educational content. The method includes the step of setting a base score for the educational content. The method includes the step of receiving an ex...