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.