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US 8,713,102 B2Granted
Social community generated answer system with collaboration constraints
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorMichael Edward Bechtel
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Abstract
A method for social network collaboration addresses the need for efficient and effective way of obtaining information. The method obtains aggregated information from members of a social network collaborating in response to a source collaboration message. The method provides for a demand-driven collaborated information production such that the information is significantly more relevant and accurate.
Claims26
A method for social network collaboration, comprising:
- storing in a memory a first collaboration constraint upon social network input;
- storing in the memory a source collaboration message obtained from a message source;
- defining in the memory a first social network definition comprising first network members specified by the message source;
- executing with a processor a collaboration program stored in the memory, the collaboration program comprising logic that when executed causes the processor to:
- transmit the source collaboration message to the first network members;
- obtain from the first network members a first collaboration input on the source collaboration message;
- constrain the first collaboration input by the first collaboration constraint to obtain a first constrained collaboration input;
- obtain from the first network members a second collaboration input on the source collaboration message;
- constrain the second collaboration input to obtain a second constrained collaboration input;
- generate an aggregated collaboration response by modifying the first constrained collaboration input with the second constrained collaboration input, the aggregated collaboration response thereby reflecting how the second constrained collaboration input changes the first constrained collaboration input;
- determine a count of how many validation indicators for the aggregated collaboration response have been received from the first network members;
- modify the aggregated collaboration response to include the count;
- return the aggregated collaboration response to the message source;
- and
- reset the count when a non-validating collaboration input to the aggregated collaboration response is among the collaboration inputs.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a computer readable memory;
- and
- stored on the computer readable memory:
- a first collaboration constraint upon social network input;
- a collaboration program comprising logic that when executed causes a processor to:
- transmit a source collaboration message obtained from a message source to first network members specified in a first social network definition;
- obtain from the first network members collaboration inputs on the source collaboration message, the collaboration inputs comprising a first collaboration input and a second collaboration input;
- constrain the first collaboration input by the first collaboration constraint to obtain a first constrained collaboration input;
- constrain the second collaboration input to obtain a second constrained collaboration input;
- aggregate the first constrained collaboration input with the second constrained collaboration input into an aggregated collaboration response that reflects how the second constrained collaboration input modifies the first constrained collaboration input;
- return the aggregated collaboration response to the message source;
- determine a count of how many validation indicators for the aggregated collaboration response have been received from the first network members;
- modify the aggregated collaboration response to include the validation count;
- and
- reset the validation count when a non-validating collaboration input to the aggregated collaboration response is among the collaboration inputs.
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A system for social network collaboration, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- stored on a computer readable memory coupled to the processor:
- a first collaboration constraint upon social network input;
- a collaboration program comprising logic that when executed causes the processor to:
- transmit a source collaboration message obtained from a message source to first network members specified in a first social network definition;
- obtain from the first network members collaboration inputs on the source collaboration message, the collaboration inputs comprising a first collaboration input and a second collaboration input;
- constrain first collaboration input by the first collaboration constraint to obtain a first constrained collaboration input;
- constrain the second collaboration input to obtain a second constrained collaboration input;
- aggregate the second constrained collaboration input into the first constrained collaboration input to generate an aggregated collaboration response that reflects how the second constrained collaboration input modifies the first constrained collaboration input;
- save a snapshot of each aggregated collaboration response after any particular collaboration input is aggregated into the aggregated collaboration response, the snapshot capturing:
- content of the aggregated collaboration response after modification by the particular collaboration input;
- and
- a network member identification of a network member providing a most recent collaboration input;
- return the aggregated collaboration response to the message source;
- determine a count of how many validation indicators for the aggregated collaboration response have been received from the first network members;
- modify the aggregated collaboration response to include the count;
- and
- reset the count when a non-validating collaboration input to the aggregated collaboration response is among the collaboration inputs.
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