Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for gathering non-publicly available commodity data, processing the data, and distributing the processed information over the Internet or similar backbone in a delayed or real time manner. In particular, such a system provides technology and a process that gathers data from multiple operating systems and diverse software systems, receives the data in a central processing system, creates weighted averages, tickers, historical charts, and tables, and allows access to such from web-enabled devices.

Abstract: Technology and a process allow one human to ask any question and have another human who is pre-qualified as an authority on the topic to respond directly via a wired or wireless connection over the Internet immediately or in a delayed manner. Third parties may be involved to provide rewards or incentives to promote the question and answer process.