Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated decision-making based on collaborative user input
- Patent Title (中): 基于协作用户输入的自动决策
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Application No.: US12041789Application Date: 2008-03-04
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Publication No.: US08234231B2Publication Date: 2012-07-31
- Inventor: Patrick Laughlin Kelly
- Applicant: Patrick Laughlin Kelly
- Agency: Raubvogel Law Office
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06N5/02

Abstract:
A system and method solicit decision-making input from a large number of users in a structured manner that facilitates generation of useful recommendations. The individual seeking advice posts a request for advice in the form of a decision question, or identifies a previously posted decision question. Visitors to the website can post secondary questions that are intended to assist the advice-seeker in making the decision. For each secondary question, the user posting the question can specify which choice for the decision question is recommended by each answer to the secondary question. The user can also specify a strength for the recommendation. The advice-seeker then inputs answers to the secondary questions. The advice-seeker can indicate a relative significance value for some or all of the answers. For each secondary answer, a score is generated. Scores are totaled and the results are provided to the advice-seeker to assist in decision-making.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090063379A1 AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING BASED ON COLLABORATIVE USER INPUT Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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