Method for aggregate control on an electronic network
AssigneeStockmaster.com, Inc.
InventorMichael R. Ginn
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Abstract
A method for controlling an electronic network of a plurality of users includes the steps of creating a group of users from the plurality of users, determining a policy for the group of users, the policy including decision criteria and directive actions, receiving input from at least one user within the group of users, determining whether a decision criterion is satisfied in response to the input, and performing a directive action when the decision criterion is satisfied.
Claims23
A method for facilitating achievement of a group goal of a plurality of users on an electronic network comprises:
- identifying the group of users from a plurality of users;
- determining the group goal in response to input from a first user from the group of users;
- determining a policy for the group of users, the policy including decision criteria and directive actions;
- receiving input from a second user from the group of users;
- determining whether a decision criterion is met in response to the input;
- and
- performing a directive action to facilitate achievement of the group goal when the decision criterion is met.
A method for facilitating a group goal of a group of users comprises:
- identifying the group of users;
- determining the group goal in response to input from a first user from the group of users;
- determining a control policy and a policy result for the group of users, the control policy including rules and the policy result includes directives such that a directive is performed in response to satisfying more than one rule;
- receiving a vote from a second user from the group of users;
- determining whether a rule within the control policy is satisfied in response to the vote from the second user;
- and
- performing the directive to facilitate the group goal when the rule is satisfied.
A method for controlling an electronic network for a group of users from a plurality of users, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying the group of users from the plurality of users;
- providing a message from a first user within the group of users;
- receiving input from a second user within the group of users in response to the message;
- and
- updating a point value for the first user in response to the input.
A computer system for facilitating achievement of a group goal of a plurality of users on an electronic network comprises:
- means for identifying the group of users from a plurality of users;
- means for determining the group goal in response to input from a first user from the group of users;
- means for determining a policy for the group of users, the policy including decision criteria and directive actions;
- means for receiving input from a second user from the group of users;
- means for determining whether a decision criterion is met in response to the input;
- and
- means for performing a directive action to facilitate achievement of the group goal when the decision criterion is met.
A computer program product for a computer system including a processor for facilitating achievement of a group goal of a plurality of users on an electronic network comprises:
- a computer readable media comprising:
- code that directs the processor to identify the group of users from a plurality of users;
- code that directs the processor to determine the group goal in response to input from a first user from the group of users;
- code that directs the processor to determine a policy for the group of users, the policy including decision criteria and directive actions;
- code that directs the processor to receive input from a second user from the group of users;
- code that directs the processor to whether a decision criterion is met in response to the input;
- and
- code that directs the processor to perform a directive action to facilitate achievement of the group goal when the decision criterion is met.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.