Apparatus for and method of administering a decision procedure
First Claim
1. A computer system for performing a self administered interactive assessment of the risk of an event, comprising:
- (a) a client program;
(b) a server program;
(c) a computer network;
(d) in which the client program can establish and terminate a connection over the computer network to the server program and send and receive data;
(e) in which the server program can establish and terminate a connection over the computer network to the client program and send and receive data.
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Abstract
A computer system for performing an interactive assessment of the risk of an event, has a computer monitor to present to a user of the system a series of questions and potential responses, and a keyboard or other device to select a response to the question. The system can administer complex inverted tree type decision algorithms, in which the questions that are presented to the user, depend upon the response to the previous question, and an assessment of the risk of an event is presented to the user whenever they reach the terminus point in the decision tree. The risk assessment algorithm is data driven and a risk assessment is defined by entries in a file, which is available over a network. The system provides options so each user may view the path through the sequence of questions and answers, and interact with the risk assessment, in a manner customized for their own interactive session.
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42 Claims
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1. A computer system for performing a self administered interactive assessment of the risk of an event, comprising:
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(a) a client program;
(b) a server program;
(c) a computer network;
(d) in which the client program can establish and terminate a connection over the computer network to the server program and send and receive data;
(e) in which the server program can establish and terminate a connection over the computer network to the client program and send and receive data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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12. A method for performing a self administered interactive assessment of the risk of an event, comprising:
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(a) a client program;
(b) a server program;
(c) a computer network;
(d) in which the client program can establish and terminate a connection over the computer network to the server program and send and receive data;
(e) in which the server program can establish and terminate a connection over the computer network to the client program and send and receive data.
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23. A method of displaying an interactive decision structure, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) controlling an amount of information regarding the decision structure that is to be visualized;
(b) receiving interactive responses corresponding to the decision structure visualized; and
(c) displaying at least a portion of the decision structure based on said controlling step (a) and the interactive responses received in said receiving step (b).
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33. A computer system for administering a decision procedure, the computer system comprising:
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a first computer having a monitor, wherein said first computer administers a decision procedure to a user; and
a second computer, wherein said second computer transfers to said first computer a decision procedure definition file that defines the decision procedure to be administered by the client program at said first computer;
wherein a program executed on said first computer comprises the steps of;
(i) visually displaying on the monitor at least a portion of the decision procedure as an inverted tree structure;
(ii) allowing the user to input responses to said first computer; and
(iii) updating the decision procedure to reflect the most recent response by the user. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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- 40. A method of using a computer system to administer an assessment, wherein a user inputs a request to initiate administration of the assessment, a local search for an assessment definition file is made, an assessment definition file is retrieved from a remote location if the definition file is not found in the local search, administration of the assessment is begun with display of a question, receipt of user input response associated with the question, and display of a series of questions is made based on user input responses to a previous question until the series of questions terminates, and an assessment value is output associated with the termination of the series of questions.
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