Abstract: The present disclosure presents embodiments including methods and apparatuses for technology timeline management and research community organization. For example, the present disclosure presents a method of database management, which includes receiving an input data from an entity, wherein the input data has an associated date range and technology type, populating a technology timeline with the input data based on the date range and technology type, and presenting the technology timeline to one or more members of the research community. The disclosure further presents a method of organizing members of a research community, which includes creating a hierarchy of community tiers, wherein the hierarchy of community tiers includes a first tier and one or more higher tiers, placing all new members of the research community into the first tier, and relocating a member of the research community from the first tier to the one or more higher tiers based on research performance.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for generating and sharing information among a plurality of registered subscribers are generally described herein. Embodiments of methods and systems for ranking members of a group are generally described herein. Embodiments of methods for reviewing a plurality of patent documents are generally described herein.

Abstract: Crowdsourced research can be improved by increasing the submissions of solutions in languages other than languages in which a research problem is posed. This may be facilitated by providing incentives for translators to participate in translating the research problem, to solve research problems and to provide them with incentives for submitting solutions in the languages in which they translated the research problem or other language that is different from the language in which a research problem is posed.