Method, System and Program for Collaborative Innovation

A system comprising:

• one or more client units being configured to be operable for at least submitting innovation summaries and for submitting an innovation solicitation summaries;
• a web site being configured to be operable for communication with said one or more client units;
• a server unit being configured to be operable for communication with said web site for receiving said innovation summaries and innovation solicitation summaries, said server unit being further operable for executing a search/match process of posted innovation summaries and posted innovation solicitation summaries, said search/match process at least utilizing a matching algorithm that uses defined innovation attributes, tags, text strings, and boost factors, said server unit being further operable for returning results of said search/match process and contact information to said one or more client units through said web site, said contact information enabling communication of an interest in a match in the returned results;
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• an editorial review system in communication with said server unit, said editorial review system being configured to be operable for processing said innovation summaries and innovation solicitation summaries, wherein an acceptance of a summary posts said summary.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs one or more processors to perform the following steps:

• submitting an innovation summary to a server unit to be processed by an editorial review system, wherein an acceptance of the innovation summary by the editorial review system posts the innovation summary;
• submitting an innovation solicitation summary to the server unit to be processed by the editorial review system, wherein an acceptance of the innovation solicitation summary by the editorial review system posts the innovation solicitation summary;
• receiving results of a search/match process of posted innovation summaries and posted innovation solicitation summaries, wherein the search/match process at least utilizes a matching algorithm that uses defined innovation attributes, tags, text strings, and boost factors;
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• sending a communication of an interest in a match in the received results.