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US 8,949,136 B2Granted
Method for on-line prediction of medical diagnosis
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InventorLee Jared Heyman
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In a method of generating a diagnosis of a medical condition, a list of symptoms is received at a server from a patient computer. The list of symptoms is presented to a plurality of participants. A list of diagnoses corresponding to the list of symptoms is presented to the plurality of participants. An input is received from each of the plurality of participants in which the input indicates a likelihood of each of the potential diagnoses being correct. The input from each of the plurality of participants is averaged, thereby generating a ranking of the potential diagnoses from highest likelihood of being correct to lowest likelihood of being correct, which is transmitted to the patient. An indication of which diagnosis was found to be correct is received from the patient. A reward is paid to each participant based on how likely the participant indicated that the correct diagnosis was correct.
A method of generating a diagnosis of a medical condition experienced by a patient, comprising the steps of:
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Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for remote operation
ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or…: for…
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing medical conditions and, more specifically, to a method of diagnosing medical conditions employing a prediction market approach.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1A is a block diagram of one type of system that would benefit from embodiments of the present invention
FIG. 1B is a schematic block diagram of an entity capable of operating as a Prediction Market server in accordance with embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating the process of conducting a prediction market for concept testing in accordance with embodiments of the present invention
A preferred embodiment of the invention is now described in detail. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout the views. Unless otherwise specifically indicated in the disclosure that follows, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims, the following terms take the meanings explicitly associated herein, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise: the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on.” Also, as used herein, “global computer network” includes the Internet.
Overall System and Prediction Market Server:
Referring to FIG. 1A, an illustration of one type of system that may benefit from embodiments of the present invention is provided. As shown in FIG. 1A, the system can include one or more user electronic devices (e.g., personal computers (PCs), laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), etc.) 10, 12 in communication with a Prediction Market system 30 over a communication network 20 (e.g., a wired or wireless personal area network (PAN), local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), a global computer network, etc.) for the purpose of enabling the users to participate in a prediction market for product concept testing. As described in more detail below, the users may further be in communication with the Prediction Market system 30 for the purpose of completing a survey, the results of which may be used to determine the outcome of a prediction market.