System and method for managing opinion networks with interactive opinion flows

A network-based system for analyzing electronic opinion data in an opinion network comprising:

• an opinion capture server accessible over a data network;
• one or more user devices configured to access opinion-enhanced Web services over said data network;
• a computer program product operatively coupled to the opinion capture server, the computer program product having a computer-usable medium having a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to execute a process that analyzes electronic opinion data, said process comprising:
• receiving electronic opinion data from the one or more user devices, wherein the electronic opinion data includes words of a natural language;
• mapping the electronic opinion data to unifying opinion objects, wherein the unifying opinion objects are provided as a controlled natural language and include entity objects, opinion word objects, and subject objects, each of the opinion word objects being descriptive of at least one of the entity objects, and representing an opinion of at least one of the subject objects;
• and
• providing a presentation to the one or more user devices over said data network, wherein the presentation includes at least one portion corresponding to at least one of said unifying opinion objects.