A system and method for scoring messages within a privacy-preserving knowledge management is disclosed. The method of the present invention discloses, generating a message including a set of data items within a message field; transmitting the message from a sending client to a set of receiving clients;...http://www.google.de/patents/US20040024719?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040024719 - System and method for scoring messages within a system for harvesting community kowledge