Incentivizing participation in an innovation pipeline
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJohn Ruckart, Robert A. Koch, Patrick J. Asher, Louis W. Danuser, Steven Neil Tischer
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Abstract
Detecting and devaluing non-pertinent input in an online social network includes setting triggers for user conduct that includes evaluating a unique content submission submitted to the online social network and detecting, at a tangible host server, when a trigger is activated based on user conduct by a first user. The first user is penalized based on the user conduct. An initial weighting value is assigned to the unique content submission submitted to the online social network based on the first user evaluating the unique content submission.
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A method for detecting and devaluing non-pertinent input in an online social network, comprising:
- setting triggers for user conduct that includes evaluating a unique content submission submitted to the online social network;
- detecting, at a tangible host server, when a trigger is activated based on user conduct by a first user;
- penalizing the first user based on the user conduct;
- and
- adjusting an initial weighting value assigned to the unique content submission submitted to the online social network based on the first user evaluating the unique content submission.
A method for scoring users in a social network, comprising:
- providing the users with a vote corresponding to earned incentives for performing online activities;
- accepting from the users, at a tangible host server, votes related to unique content submissions provided by the users;
- ranking selected unique content submissions based on the votes;
- provisionally evaluating ranked unique content submissions without further consideration of the votes;
- graduating at least one unique content submission from provisionally evaluated unique content submissions;
- adding to the earned incentives of users who voted for a graduated unique content submission;
- and
- detracting from the earned incentives of users who voted for provisionally evaluated unique content submissions that were not graduated.
A method for presenting unique content submissions to users in a social network, comprising:
- associating the unique content submissions with identifiers that correspond to characteristics of a plurality of authors of the unique content submissions;
- obtaining characteristics of a first user in the social network;
- obtaining a plurality of the unique content submissions from the plurality of authors;
- determining, at a tangible host server, at least one best match among the unique content submissions for a first user based on obtained characteristics of the first user;
- and
- presenting at least one best matched unique content submission to the first user preferentially over other unique content submissions via an online social networking interface based on the obtained characteristics of the first user and the identifiers corresponding to authors of the at least one best matched unique content submission.
A method for evaluating unique content submissions generated by users, comprising:
- collecting the unique content submissions, via at least one hardware resource, using a social networking website interface;
- accepting reviews, votes and comments on the unique content submissions, via the at least one hardware resource, so as to rate the unique content submissions, using the social networking website interface;
- and
- provisionally evaluating the unique content submissions based on the reviews, votes and comments,
- wherein the social networking website interface is accessible by at least one remote user located remotely from an organizational entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.