US 8,275,648 B2Granted

System and method for managing a survey for a community development asset

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsScott R. Carrier, Helena S. Chapman, John R. Hind

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Abstract

A system and method to manage a survey for a community development asset. The system includes a response repository, a sampler, a respondent profile filter, and an inference generator. The response repository stores a plurality of survey responses from survey respondents about a community development asset. The sampler selects a sample response of the plurality of survey responses. The sample response corresponds to an identified respondent. The respondent profile filter identifies a community with which the identified respondent is associated. The inference generator infers a similar response from the community associated with the identified respondent based on the sample response of the identified respondent.

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Dependent claims

A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations to evaluate feedback for a survey about a community development asset, the operations comprising:

receive a plurality of survey responses from survey respondents about the community development asset;
select a sample response of the plurality of survey responses, wherein the sample response corresponds to an identified respondent;
identify a community with which the identified respondent is associated, wherein the community comprises a social network;
infer a similar response from the community associated with the identified respondent based on the sample response of the identified respondent;
assign a first weighting factor to a first associated peer within the identified community of the identified respondent;
and
assign a second weighting factor to a second associated peer within the identified community associated with the identified respondent, wherein the first associated peer is closer than the second associated peer to the identified respondent in degrees of separation, and wherein the first weighting factor is greater than the second weighting factor.

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A system, comprising:

a response repository comprising a storage device to store a plurality of survey responses from survey respondents about a community development asset;
a sampler coupled to the response repository, the sampler to select a sample response of the plurality of survey responses, wherein the sample response corresponds to an identified respondent;
a respondent profile filter coupled to the sampler, the respondent profile filter to identify a community with which the identified respondent is associated, wherein the community comprises a social network;
an inference generator coupled to the respondent profile filter, the inference generator to infer a similar response from the community associated with the identified respondent based on the sample response of the identified respondent;
and
a feedback weighting system coupled to the inference generator, the feedback weighting system to:
assign a first weighting factor to a first associated peer within the identified community of the identified respondent;
and
assign a second weighting factor to a second associated peer within the identified community associated with the identified respondent, wherein the first associated peer is closer than the second associated peer to the identified respondent in degrees of separation, and wherein the first weighting factor is greater than the second weighting factor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.