# US 2021/0240886 A1 · Collaborative trial design platform

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- Number: US 2021/0240886 A1
- Document ID: US20210240886A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/163,435
- Filed: 2021-01-30
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31
- Applicants: Cytel Inc.
- Inventors: Jaydeep Bhattacharya; James Bolognese; Alexandre Buer; Eric Edwards; Stanley Y. Huang; Yannis Jemiai; Cyrus Mehta; Nitin Patel; Anne Pelz; Ajay Prabhakar Sathe; Joshua A. Schultz; Pralay Senchaudhuri
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240886A1

## CPC

- G16H 10/20: for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
- G06F 30/10: Geometric CAD
- G06F 30/12: characterised by design entry means specially adapted for CAD, e.g. graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for CAD
- G06F 30/20: Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30)
- G06F 30/27: using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model
- G06N 3/08: Learning methods
- G06N 3/09: Supervised learning
- G06N 5/01: Dynamic search techniques; Heuristics; Dynamic trees; Branch-and-bound
- G06N 5/04: Inference or reasoning models
- G06N 7/01: Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
- G06N 20/00: Machine learning
- G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis}
- G06Q 10/067: Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06Q 10/0674: {using process simulation}
- G06Q 10/101: Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
- G06Q 30/0205: {based on location or geographical consideration}
- G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- G16H 50/50: for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
- G16H 50/70: for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
- G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
- G06F 2111/02: CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation
- G06F 2111/04: Constraint-based CAD
- G06F 2111/06: Multi-objective optimisation, e.g. Pareto optimisation using simulated annealing [SA], ant colony algorithms or genetic algorithms [GA]
- G06F 2111/08: Probabilistic or stochastic CAD
- G06F 2111/16: Customisation or personalisation
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A method, according to some implementations, includes displaying an interface structured to evaluate design data by a group of users and identifying user parameters for each user in the group. The method ma further include configuring the interface for each user in the group based at least in part on the user parameters, receiving, via the interface, user input data from one or more users in the group, and scoring designs based on the user input and user parameters.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
displaying an interface structured to evaluate design data by a group of users;
identifying user parameters for each user in the group;
configuring the interface for each user in the group based at least in part on the user parameters;
receiving, via the interface, user input data from one or more users in the group; and
scoring designs based on the user input and user parameters.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein one or more users in the group are located in different locations.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the different locations differ by at least one of:
a building;
a city;
a zip code;
at least one of a state or province;
a country; or
a continent.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising:
receiving additional user input from the one or more users in the group view the interface; and
re-scoring the designs in real-time based at least in part on the additional user input.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the designs include at least one of:
sibling designs; or
twin designs.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein scoring the designs includes weighting one or more scores based on the user parameters.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the user parameters include at least one of:
a subject matter ranking,
an organizational position ranking, or
a job description.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 further comprising:
configuring distinct instances of the interface to distinct users of the group based at least in part on the user parameters.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein at least two of the distinct instances are different for at least two distinct users of the group.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the at least two of the distinct instances differ by one or more hidden elements.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising:
presenting, via the interface, the designs to each of the users in the group; and
voting, via the interface, by each of the users in the group on the designs.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
evaluating historical design selections to identify one or more design parameters based at least in part on one or more design criteria determined from at least one of the group of users via the interface;
obtaining initial design simulations results data based at least in part on a quick search data structure and the one or more design parameters;
generating a substitute for at least some of the initial design simulations results data based at least in part on a relationship between the initial design simulations results data and supplemental data;
generating a performance surface based at least in part on a set of designs corresponding to the initial design simulations results data; and
evaluating one or more designs based at least in part on the performance surface;
wherein scoring the designs comprises:
calculating a score based on normalized score component values corresponding to the initial design simulations results data.

### Claim 13

An apparatus comprising:
a collaborative interface circuit structured to generate interface for evaluation of design by a group of users;
a user interaction circuit structured to:
interpret user inputs received by the interface; and
in response to, and based at least in part on, interpreting the user inputs, define selection parameters; and
a selection-parameter provisioning circuit structured to evaluate selection parameters and identify designs based on the selection parameters.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the collaborative interface circuit is further structured to:
update the interface in real-time based at least in part on the received user inputs.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the collaborative interface circuit is further structured to:
configure distinct instances of the interface to distinct users of the group based at least in part on user parameters corresponding to the distinct users.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The apparatus of claim 15, wherein at least two of the distinct instances are different for at least two distinct users of the group.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least two of the distinct instances differ by one or more hidden elements.

### Claim 18

A method comprising:
displaying, via at least one processor, an interface structured to evaluate designs by a group of users;
receiving, via the at least one processor and the interface, from one or more users of the group, evaluation input related to designs;
identifying, via the at least one processor, alternative designs based on the evaluation input;
identifying, via the at least one processor, parameters of the designs and alternative designs that correspond to one or more tradeoffs between the designs;
receiving, at the at least one processor, evaluation input related to the parameters;
generating, via the at least one processor, a hierarchy of parameters based on the evaluation input;
scoring, via the at least one processor, designs based on the hierarchy of parameters; and
presenting, via the at least one processor, on the interface, designs based on the scores.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18 further comprising:
receiving, at the at least one processor, via the interface, votes from each of the users in the group on the designs.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18 further comprising:
adjusting distinct instances of the interface corresponding to distinct user of the group, wherein the adjusting is based at least in part on hiding one or more elements of the interface.