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Method and apparatus for conducting an information brokering service

  • US 10,510,087 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2006
  • Issued: 12/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for generating a consensus regarding a future event in an online ecosystem, the method comprising acts of:

  • permitting access to the online ecosystem, hosted by a distributed computer system through a web based interface to registered users, wherein the registered users of the online ecosystem include content generating users, and the content generating users dynamically create content for the online ecosystem, wherein the dynamic content includes respective opinions submitted by the content generating users, and wherein the respective opinions include respective opinions regarding defined predictions;

    permitting, in the web based interface displayed on a host computer system, at least one registered user to define a prediction of an event;

    defining, in the online ecosystem, a trigger by at least one other user, the trigger being activated by at least one parameter associated with the prediction of the event defined by the at least one registered user, wherein the at least one other user is at least one content generating user;

    monitoring the online ecosystem to detect the creation of the prediction of the event including the at least one parameter;

    providing an indication to the at least one other user that the trigger was activated;

    accepting, in the web based interface displayed on another host computer system, from at least one other user, an opinion regarding the defined prediction, wherein the act of accepting the opinion regarding the defined prediction includes an act of providing the at least one other user free access to the online ecosystem and free access to the defined prediction;

    ranking, by the distributed computer system, the at least one content generating user, wherein the act of ranking includes determining a level of participation in the online ecosystem, calculating a value determined from opinions submitted by other content generating users of the online ecosystem regarding the at least one content generating user'"'"'s participation in the online ecosystem, and combining the determined level of participation and the value determined from opinions submitted by the other content generating users to determine the at least one content generating user'"'"'s rank;

    generating, by the distributed computer system, a consensus regarding the defined prediction based on at least the opinion regarding the defined prediction and the rank of the at least one content generating user that submitted the opinion regarding the defined prediction; and

    compensating, by the distributed computer system, the at least one content generating user that submitted the opinion based on at least the rank of the at least one content generating user that submitted the opinion;

    control access by information consumer users to the created prediction, the opinion regarding the defined prediction, and the consensus regarding the defined prediction; and

    restricting access by information consumer users to the plurality of accepted opinions, wherein the act of restricting access includes permitting access by at least one information consumer to the plurality of accepted opinions in response to receiving payment from the at least one information consumer for access;

    wherein the act of compensating is executed automatically by the system using the payment received from the at least one information consumer.

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