Method and system for enlisting the help of other people via a communications network
First Claim
1. A method for making inquiries:
- Under control of a request module of a user system, Displaying fields for creating a request for an action, and for proposing its reward; and
In response to the fields fulfilled, sending the order to a server system to propagate the request to a list of individuals proposed by the requester;
Under control of the propagation module of the server system, Receiving the information about the request to be created, Generating messages displaying the request to the list of individuals; and
Under control of the client system of the receiver, Proposing the choices of whether to propagate the request to a new list of individuals that the receiver proposes with the promise of a potential reward or to act on the request with the promise of a potential reward; and
In response to choosing the propagation option, sending an order to the server system to forward the request to a new individual list, following the propagation module;
Keep on propagating the request through such like a tree process, In response to choosing the “
act on”
option, sending an order to take into account the action of the user;
Under control of the user system, Displaying the option to the user whether to accept or to reject the act as fulfilling his request, In response to an acceptance, sending the order to reward the replier and those who propagated the request through the branch of the replier.
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Abstract
A method and system for making inquiries to a large community via Internet. A requester at his system defines a request for an action or information, and it is propagated by electronic mails through a recursive process. On a Web page, the requester describes his request and specifies a reward for those acting or participating in finding those who acted successfully. Then the requester submits his request and provides the electronic mail addresses of the first persons to propagate to. In response to the submission, the server system generates electronic messages containing the request to the electronic mails identifiers given. The user system receiving one of the electronic message displays an HTML document proposing whether to act on the request or to propagate it to a list of his acquaintances creating a new level below him in the tree. By fulfilling successfully the request, a user may receive a reward. By propagating, the user can earn a reward if a respondent who fulfills successfully the request appears below him in the tree. The propagation may finish when the requester has found his answer or when the requester has decided to stop the propagation or when the propagation has reached a predetermined branch sub level. The server system then generates electronic messages to the requester, respondents and simple intermediaries in order to close the request and to distribute the rewards earned.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for making inquiries:
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Under control of a request module of a user system, Displaying fields for creating a request for an action, and for proposing its reward; and
In response to the fields fulfilled, sending the order to a server system to propagate the request to a list of individuals proposed by the requester;
Under control of the propagation module of the server system, Receiving the information about the request to be created, Generating messages displaying the request to the list of individuals; and
Under control of the client system of the receiver, Proposing the choices of whether to propagate the request to a new list of individuals that the receiver proposes with the promise of a potential reward or to act on the request with the promise of a potential reward; and
In response to choosing the propagation option, sending an order to the server system to forward the request to a new individual list, following the propagation module;
Keep on propagating the request through such like a tree process, In response to choosing the “
act on”
option, sending an order to take into account the action of the user;
Under control of the user system, Displaying the option to the user whether to accept or to reject the act as fulfilling his request, In response to an acceptance, sending the order to reward the replier and those who propagated the request through the branch of the replier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An receiver system for propagating or acting to a request comprising:
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A display component for displaying the message generated by the server system;
A propagation component that in response to a new list of individuals, sends an order to the server system to forward the message to the list of individuals;
A reply component that in response to a reply to the request to an action, sends an order to the server system to warn the requester about the answer. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for making inquiries using a requester system, the method comprising:
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Displaying fields for creating a request for an action, proposing its reward and the list of individuals to propagate to; and
In response to the information being given, sending to a server system an order to propagate a message including the information the user that performs the request filled in, Whereby the user that performs the request expects, thanks to the propagation system, a reply to his request for an action collected by the server. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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