Method and system for processing large amounts of real world evidence

A computer-implemented method for rendering a canonical answer to a query on a display of a computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, a plain language question from the computing device;
• converting, by the processor, the plain language question to a canonical question;
• searching, by the processor, a relational canonical database based on the canonical question;
• retrieving, by the processor, one or more canonical answers that correspond to the canonical question;
• and
• sending, by the processor, display rendering instructions and data to the computing device to display by a graphic user interface on the display at least one of:
• the one or more canonical answers,
• the plain language question, or
• the real-world data corresponding to the one or more canonical answers.

A system for building a canonical relational database and for rendering a canonical answer to a query on a display of a computing device, the system comprising:

• a real-world data processor arranged to analyze real-world data at an atomic level;
• a canonical builder arranged to build a canonical answer table based on the analyzed real-world data and populate the canonical answer table with canonical answers from a real-world dataset;
• a scorer arranged to determine a score value based on the canonical answers and a canonical question and prioritize the canonical answers based on the score value;
• and
• a circle processor arranged to create and manage access to a circle by one or more users,
• wherein the circle includes a group of users with a shared protocol having one or more surveys with each survey having one or more canonical questions.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer program for, when executed by a processor, building a relational database containing canonical question datasets and canonical answer datasets, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

• receiving real-world data, by the processor, the real-world data containing disparate and heterogeneous types of data;
• analyzing, by the processor, the real-world data at an atomic level;
• and
• building, by the processor, a canonical answer table based on the analyzed real-world data and populating the canonical answer table with a real-world dataset,
• wherein the canonical answer table includes a plurality of searchable fields, including at least one of an answer identification field, a label field, a value field, a tag field, a canonical identification field, and a language identification field.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer program for, when executed by a processor, for rendering a canonical answer to a query on a display of a computing device, the storage medium comprising instructions for:

• receiving, by the processor, a plain language question from the computing device;
• converting, by the processor, the plain language question to a canonical question;
• searching, by the processor, a relational canonical database based on the canonical question;
• retrieving, by the processor, one or more canonical answers that correspond to the canonical question;
• and
• sending, by the processor, display rendering instructions and data to the computing device to display by a graphic user interface on the display at least one of:
• the one or more canonical answers,
• the plain language question, or
• the real-world data corresponding to the one or more canonical answers.