Intelligent knowledge exchange platform
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1. A method of facilitating a marketplace for knowledge, comprising:
- (a) providing a set of market rules for allowing entities to interact in the marketplace;
(b) providing a builder application for allowing an enterprise to define a set of enterprise rules for interacting with the enterprise, the enterprise rules consistent with the market rules; and
(c) providing a profiling module for allowing a service provider to register with an enterprise, the profiling module facilitating creation of a representation of the service provider'"'"'s knowledge consistent with the enterprise rules and the market rules.
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Abstract
A marketplace for knowledge-based services is provided in which various entities interact according to a hierarchy of business rules. A service provider can affiliate with an enterprise or sub-enterprise via an office, which serves as a unique virtual view of the professional'"'"'s intellectual capital. The system uses predefined terminology sets to facilitate efficient matching of service requests to service providers and to facilitate efficient knowledge exchange.
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1. A method of facilitating a marketplace for knowledge, comprising:
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(a) providing a set of market rules for allowing entities to interact in the marketplace;
(b) providing a builder application for allowing an enterprise to define a set of enterprise rules for interacting with the enterprise, the enterprise rules consistent with the market rules; and
(c) providing a profiling module for allowing a service provider to register with an enterprise, the profiling module facilitating creation of a representation of the service provider'"'"'s knowledge consistent with the enterprise rules and the market rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of creating a marketplace for knowledge, comprising:
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(a) creating a set of rules for governing interactions of a plurality of entities in the marketplace, the entities comprising enterprises, sub-enterprises, service providers and service requesters;
(b) enabling enterprises and sub-enterprises to establish rules for allowing other entities to interacting with them;
(c) creating a hierarchy of entities within the marketplace; and
(d) providing for inheritance of rules by entities according to the hierarchy. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of facilitating a marketplace, comprising:
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(a) providing an enterprise builder tool for allowing an administrator to define a set of rules for an enterprise to operate in the marketplace;
(b) providing a sub-enterprise builder tool for allowing the administrator to set rules for a sub-enterprise to operate in the marketplace, the sub-enterprise builder tool configured to allow sub-enterprise rules that are consistent with the rules for a parent enterprise of the sub-enterprise; and
(c) providing a profiling module for allowing a service provider to represent a knowledge set of the service provider. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of facilitating affiliation of an enterprise with a knowledge marketplace, comprising:
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(a) providing a builder application for allowing the enterprise to enter enterprise information in a format consistent with rules for the marketplace;
(b) providing a classification process for allowing the enterprise to classify itself in at least one category among a set of categories of enterprises;
(c) providing a business rule process for allowing the enterprise to determine business rules by which others may do business with the enterprise; and
(d) providing a transaction module for allowing an entity to transact business with the enterprise. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer-based system for facilitating a marketplace, comprising:
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(a) an enterprise interface for allowing an enterprise to join the marketplace;
(b) a service provider interface for allowing a service provider to affiliate with an enterprise;
(c) a service requester interface for allowing a service requester to make a service request; and
(d) a matching module for matching a service request to at least one service provider, wherein the service requester interface requires the service requester to make the service request using terminology from a predetermined terminology set. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method of facilitating a service between a service requester and a service provider, comprising:
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(a) providing a profiling process for allowing a plurality of service providers to establish a profile of the service provider'"'"'s intellectual capital;
(b) providing a data requirements definition process for allowing a service provider to establish the data it requires in order to perform a service;
(c) providing a request process for allowing a service requester to request service; and
(d) providing a matching process for matching the request for service to a service provider. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for providing a marketplace for knowledge, comprising:
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(a) a communications facility for supporting communications among a plurality of geographically distributed parties;
(b) a data storage facility for storing data that is associated with the knowledge of a knowledge provider; and
(c) an interaction process for supporting an interaction among a service provider and a service requester, wherein the interaction process comprises a facility for representing a knowledge set of a knowledge provider as a commodity. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of providing a knowledge marketplace, comprising:
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(a) providing a host computer system for facilitating the manipulation of data related to the marketplace, wherein the host computer system comprises at least one server, at least one database, and at least one operating system;
(b) accessing a communication facility for facilitating remote interaction with the host computer system, wherein the communication facility is selected from the group consisting of the Internet, the Worldwide Web, an intranet, a local area network, a wireless network, and a wide area network;
(c) providing an interaction module for facilitating an interaction among a provider of knowledge and a seeker of knowledge, wherein the interaction process comprises a communication facility and a facility for representing the knowledge set of a provider as a commodity;
(d) providing a profiling process of the interaction module wherein the interaction module further comprises establishing a set of knowledge qualifications for representing knowledge, determining the knowledge qualifications of a knowledge provider within the set, and representing the knowledge qualifications of the knowledge provider as a commodity; and
(e) providing a transaction facility, wherein the transaction facility facilitates a transaction among a knowledge seeker and a knowledge provider, wherein determining the price of the transaction comprises making reference to the commodity representation of the knowledge provider'"'"'s knowledge. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. A method of providing a marketplace for a professional service, comprising:
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(a) providing a facility for permitting a service provider to digitally present a service offering that it wishes to provide through the marketplace;
(b) establishing a hierarchy of the types of services that are provided in the profession of the service provider;
(c) using a predefined semantic terminology set for describing the types of services provided in the profession of the service provider; and
(d) establishing a profile-building module for assisting the service provider in creating a service description that uses the semantic terminology and that positions the service offering in the hierarchy. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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42. A method of matching a service provider to a service request, comprising:
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(a) establishing a semantic terminology for a domain of the request;
(b) establishing a hierarchy of services that can be provided within the domain;
(c) facilitating a service request using the semantic terminology, the service request having service requirements;
(d) identifying a position within the hierarchy of a service that matches the requirements of the service request; and
(e) identifying a service provider who provides the service.
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45. A method of facilitating knowledge exchange, comprising:
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(a) establishing a process for allowing a service requester to request an electronic, knowledge-based service from a service provider;
(b) establishing a prerequisite data set desired by the service provider for assisting the service provider in determining whether to accept a request for service; and
(c) routing a service request to a service provider based on completed data sets of a service requester.
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46. A method of facilitating a marketplace for knowledge, comprising:
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(a) accessing a communications facility for supporting communications among a plurality of geographically distributed parties;
(b) providing a data storage facility for storing data that is associated with the knowledge of a knowledge provider; and
(c) providing an interaction process, for supporting an interaction among a provider of knowledge and a seeker of knowledge, wherein the interaction process comprises a facility for representing the knowledge set of a knowledge provider as a commodity using a predetermined terminology set.
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