US 2015/0089399 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME FORMATION OF GROUPS AND DECENTRALIZED DECISION MAKING

Abstract

Systems and methods for enabling the formation and analysis of social structures, such as groups, in real-time among a number of participants. Embodiments of the invention are also directed to systems and methods for enabling an understanding of the responses, opinions, or decisions of individual members of a group and how those may change and coalesce into one or more consensus views of a majority of the group. Embodiments of the invention may be applied to better understand the opinions and dynamically changing membership and characteristics of social structures in a variety of settings, including but not limited to educational, business, political, marketing and related environments.

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Dependent claims

A method of communicating, comprising:

initiating a conversation involving a plurality of participants, wherein initiating the conversation includes presenting information to the plurality of participants;
receiving a response to the presented information from one of the plurality of participants;
providing the response to the plurality of participants;
receiving an evaluation of the response from others of the plurality of participants than the one that submitted the response;
processing the received evaluations to segment the participants from which an evaluation is received into a set of groups or sub-groups, wherein each group or sub-group represents one or more participants having a similar evaluation of the response;
and
generating a display illustrating the set of groups or sub-groups for presentation to the plurality of participants.

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System and methods for real-time formation of groups and decentralized decision making

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