Methods and systems for facilitating information and expertise distribution via a communications network

A method for sharing of information among a plurality of computing devices in a network, the method comprising:

• at a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices:
• maintaining response credentials for each of the plurality of computing devices;
• receiving, from a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices, a request for information;
• communicating, to a third computing device of the plurality of computing devices, the request for information;
• receiving, from the third computing device, an identification information of at least one fourth computing device of the plurality devices for communication of the request for information;
• and
• communicating, to the at least one fourth computing device, the request for information.

A method for sharing information in a network, comprising:

• at a first computing device:
• receiving a request for information from a second computing device;
• associating a work claim ticket with the request for information;
• communicating the request for information to a plurality of third computing devices;
• receiving a request for the work claim ticket from at least one third computing device of the plurality of third computing devices;
• and
• managing a credit level associated with the at least one third computing device based on a response corresponding to the request for information from the at least one third computing device.

A method for communicating a request, the method comprising:

• at a first computing device:
• receiving, from a second computing device associated with a user, a request for information associated with a specified geographic area;
• determining at least one third computing device based on the request, the specified geographic area, and a credit level of one or more users associated with the at least one third computing device;
• communicating the request to the at least one third computing device;
• receiving a response corresponding to the request for information from the determined at least one third computing device;
• and
• communicating the response to the second computing device.