Value synthesis infrastructure and ontological analysis system

• US 20070118394A1
• Filed: 11/13/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William Raymond Cahoon; Personal Representative
• Original Assignee: William Raymond Cahoon; Personal Representative
• Inventors: Cahoon, Kyle
• Application Number:
  US11/598,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118394A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

The invention shows explicitly how direct and honest communication utilizing a distributed computing network, shared content and services, and a focus on social network dynamics and situational context can directly create experiential and realized value for all participants around the globe. Contributors (20), having instructional content to share (22) pertaining to the functional utilization of generically named goods, essentially become knowledge workers and are rewarded (26) during specific instances when commercial entity Sponsors (60), who have been granted rights through bidding in an auction (64), utilize this content to un-intrusively market their branded goods to interested and receptive Consumers (10), by having their brand names acknowledged as a valuable component of the original content. The content can also be federated with real-time calculations of statistical price information (37) and specialized data services (101) to further increase the experiential value. The Sponsors (60) participating in these niche groups can then be granted access-rights to analyze the developing value network ontology and the ongoing flow of quality information (34) among the participants in the value network.

Claims

1. A value synthesis infrastructure and system providing means for creating value and ontological analysis by integrating data, content, and services shared among participants of self-organizing niche groups within an expanding and evolving value network, comprising:

(a) a distributed computing network, telecommunications network, or substantially similar communication technology,

(b) first means for creating and inputting data to said system comprising a plurality of interfaces accessible by a human, computer, or combination thereof,

(c) said data comprising elements selected from the group consisting of;

presentity, textual elements, graphic symbols, visual elements, tactile elements, phonetic elements, and any elements consistent with communication,

(d) said communication comprising instances of trade information in regard to a marketable good, instructional content utilizing said marketable good, like goods having substantially the same function as said good, or related goods, or financial transaction information comprising market prices of said good, like goods, or related goods,

(e) said marketable good may refer to tangible goods, intangible goods, or service goods,

(f) said instructional content comprising that selected from the group consisting of;

(1) procedural information substantially regarding the utilization of said good, like goods, or related goods, or

(2) scientifically determined knowledge, experiential knowledge, tacit knowledge, intangible knowledge, knowledge of process, method of assembly, technical know-how, artistry, or

(3) screenplays or scripts with regard to product placement, and CGI or digital image metadata,

(g) second means for collecting said trade information in regard to a marketable good and cataloging said trade information,

(h) third means for collecting financial transaction information comprising market prices of said good,

(i) fourth means for ensuring well-formedness of said data,

(j) fifth means for reading, updating, deleting, encoding, transforming, encrypting, decrypting, storing or caching of said data on local or remote computing or digital storage devices, or any combination thereof, providing persistence and future accessibility of said data,

(k) sixth means for integrating, validating, and query processing of instances of trade information in regard to a marketable good, said instructional content, and said financial transaction information comprising market prices of said good, like goods, or related goods, said integration resulting in the improved utilization of said data and the formation of enhanced messages or content providing substantially increased informational value, semantic value, experiential value, and economic value for a multitude of said participants in said value network,

(l) said means for integrating, validating, and query processing of said data may involve direct human effort for manipulation of said data, occur automatically via said local or remote computing devices utilizing one or more central processing units invoking one or more algorithmic processes, or apply some combination thereof,

(m) sixth means providing for a plurality of said participants to experience said messages or content in a convenient format, comprising one or more of said interfaces or another disparate interface, technology, or means selected by one or more of said participants,

(n) seventh means for facilitating financial or value transactions among said participants,

(o) said participants may be legal entities, individuals, or groups of individuals, and exhibit one or a plurality of roles of participation, comprising;

(1) a purveyor, supplier, manufacturer, or marketer of said marketable good,

(2) a vender, merchant, or retailer of said good, like goods, or related goods,

(3) a competitor of one or more of the above said participants,

(4) a contributor with access to said instructional content,

(5) a sponsor of said contributor,

(6) a consumer wishing access to said information, to said knowledge, and to said messages or content,

whereby the value experienced or realized by a single participant interacting via said value synthesis infrastructure increases the value of the whole system, and therefore increases the beneficial socio-economic relationships, positive interdependencies, trust, value, and cultural awareness of and for all participants.

2. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 1, wherein:

(a) said data further comprises;

extensible markup language, voice xml, hypertext markup language, extensible hypertext markup language, scripting languages, extensible stylesheet language transformations, xinclude, xquery or other query processing languages, xpath expressions, resource description framework, web ontology language, relevant schemas, internationalized resource identifiers, or any similar languages or technologies, thereby substantially providing the syntax, structure, validation, integration, querying, or presentation of said data, as well as descriptions of relationships or connections among said participants, said instances of trade information, and said content, thereby further adding and incorporating dynamic ontological structure to said informational value, semantic value, and experiential value of said value synthesis infrastructure,

(b) said value synthesis infrastructure and system further comprise the usage of;

native xml databases or document stores, relational databases, metadata repositories, time stamping, web caching of xml data with time-to-live values, web feeds, instant messaging, presence services, xml processing, or web services, incorporating a service orientated architecture, an enterprise service bus, web portals or any similar technologies thereby substantially providing timely communication of said messages or content, accurate integrations of said data, and statistical logs thereof, thus further adding to said informational value, semantic value, or experiential value of said value synthesis infrastructure,

(c) said instances of trade information in regard to said marketable good further include any data sourced through the global data synchronization network or similar system, comprising;

global product classification brick codes and attributes, global data dictionary codes and attributes or business terms, such as;

trade item or company information, global trade item number, global location number, product description attributes and values, brand, functional name, target market, contact information, other relevant information, or any combination.

(d) said instructional content further includes directions on how to create an instance of something utilizing a list of one or more items of said good, like goods, or related goods, said directions may be in print or digital format and may include elements selected from the group consisting of;

text, photos, diagrams, video, audio, and any medium or means of presentation deemed appropriate by said contributor or one or more other said participants,

(e) said means for integrating, validating, and query processing of said data is further arranged to integrate and query said data at any level of granularity that is consistent with the xquery data model and extends from extensible markup language databases, document collections, individual documents, element nodes, child elements, attributes of said elements, child attribute nodes, to textual nodes in regard to semi-structured or unstructured data,

(f) said means for integrating, validating, and query processing of said data is further arranged to create a mapping between extensible markup language schema instances, element and attribute names, or values therein, of communicated extensible markup language of said trade information and said instructional content,

(g) said mapping providing for said integration or replacement of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or subsets of data within said content with precisely germane instances of said trade information in regard to said marketable good,

(g) said means for integrating, validating, and query processing of said data is further arranged such that said query may comprise multiple queries providing added levels of filtering of said trade information, said instructional content, aggregation of said financial transaction information comprising market prices, or the federated result of said messages or content to one or more of the participants'"'"' specifications, said filtering may occur at any time before, during, or after a particular instance of said integration, validation, and query processing,

(h) said means for facilitating financial or value transactions among said participants is further arranged to allow for transfer of monies to one or more of said participants, such as said communicator, or the legal embodiment of said value synthesis infrastructure from one or more of said participants, such as said sponsor or consumer, for rights comprising;

(1) the right to participate in said value synthesis infrastructure,

(2) the right of inclusion, substantially referring to the right to include said instances of trade information in said integration of data with one or more specific instances of said instructional content of said contributor or plurality of contributors,

(3) the right of exclusion, substantially referring to the right to exclude said instances of trade information in regard to a marketable good of said competitor in said integration of data with instances of said instructional content of said contributor or said plurality of contributors,

(4) the right to experience, copy, or otherwise utilize said messages or content,

(5) the right to analyze said messages or content,

(6) the right to analyze said embodiment of said value synthesis infrastructure, or

(7) the right to analyze information regarding the formation of, the interactions of, or the network connections of said self-organizing niche group instances within said value network,

(i) said information regarding the formation of, the interactions of, or the network connections of said self-organizing niche group instances comprise that selected from the group consisting of;

(1) the number of said participants involved in a transaction,

(2) the type of said roles of participation within said transaction,

(3) public and privately protected details of said participants,

(4) the specifics of said content, said instances of trade information, or price data,

(5) the relationships and connections to other self-organizing niche group instances,

(6) timestamps,

(7) and data further illuminating significant aspects of said niche group,

wherein a snapshot is given of the context surrounding said transaction at a particular moment in time, which can be used for later review and network analysis,

whereby the total value of the system is further increased.

3. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 2, wherein said means for facilitating financial or value transactions further comprises an arrangement to utilize an online auction system, said online auction system is further arranged to accept submitted bids from said sponsors for rights comprising:

said right of inclusion and said right of exclusion, said submitted bids may be place for said sponsor by a human or through an automated algorithmic computing process.

4. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 3, wherein:

(a) said online auction system is an augmented sealed-bid second price auction,

(b) said instances of trade information substantially refer to trade item descriptions such as;

brand, functional name, and target market,

(c) said sponsors essentially bid to have their brand acknowledged within instructions on how to create an instance of something utilizing one or more items of said good, to the exclusion of competing brands in said target market,

5. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 4, wherein:

(a) payments are transacted on a cost per matched query basis,

(b) such that a payment is made only when a particular query reveals said instructions that contain the functional name or the global product classification product attribute that match said marketable good in a relevant target market area, and therefore may fittingly include said brand acknowledgment,

(c) said particular query is regarded as a qualified query,

(d) said qualified query may be one of a multitude of qualified queries,

(e) said bid may also be one of a multitude of bids,

whereby the resulting content displayed for said qualified queries, the informational, semantic, and experiential value discovered therein, the addition of quality supporting content, and the efficient supply of quality products become the important focus of consideration through submitted bids on the actual named function of the product, rather than the somewhat relevant advertising garnered from bidding on multiple keywords entered into a search engine, or the screen scraped matches of internet bots.

6. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 5, wherein said bids are matched to said qualified queries, now referred to as matched queries, such that said brand acknowledgment of said sponsor with the highest bid is matched to the highest number of said qualified queries, where:

(a) the ratio of the current dollar amount of said bid to the total current dollar amount of all submitted bids for said global product classification attribute or said functional name is kept as close as possible to the ratio of said matched queries to total number of said qualified queries,

(b) said ratios are algorithmically calculated on a real-time basis.

7. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 2, wherein:

(a) said instructions on how to create an instance of something further comprise that of a recipe with a list of ingredients and other required equipment, implements, or utensils,

(b) said marketable good or like goods, in this case, further comprise marketable food items fulfilling the list of said ingredients,

(c) said related goods further comprise kitchen appliances, mixers, bowls, pans, whisks, utensils, or any other of said items called for in the recipe, or even cleaning supplies,

(d) said supporting content may be added at any time to improve said informational value, semantic value, or experiential value, such as a video showing preparation methods utilizing said recipe,

(e) said levels of filtering further comprise that selected from the group consisting of;

desired type of cuisine, specific food usage, health requirements, number of calories, exclusion of certain foods, organic foods only, vegetarian foods only, kosher foods only, drug/food interaction data, something a child could prepare, time constraints, consumer location, and any added level selected by one or more of said participants,

(f) said specific food usage filter could be generated automatically from an inventory record of food purchases queried from an aggregate of said consumer'"'"'s points of sale data or digital receipt records,

(g) said sponsors bid to include food and related items in recipes created by a multitude of said contributors for other of said participants, such as any of said consumers,

whereby said contributors receive remuneration for helping to market food and related goods, said sponsors receive a powerful new way to conduct business, and said consumers experience a valuable information resource comprising that selected from the group consisting of;

tasty or useful recipes, text instructions supplemented with photos, audio, or video information, quality products used in said recipes, fair value price estimates, location, bundled savings or sales promotions, value-added services like nutritional information, drug interaction information, language translation, said levels of filtering, integration with their food purchase data, and any other added beneficial function.

8. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 2, wherein:

(a) said instructions on how to create an instance of something further comprises that of a building, renovation, remodeling, landscaping, or arts and crafts project with directions and a list of required materials, equipment, implements, or tools,

(b) said good, like goods, or related goods in this case should fulfill the functional requirements of said materials, equipment, implements, or tools listed in the instructions of said project,

(c) said supporting content may be added at any time to improve said informational value, semantic value, or experiential value, such as a video showing construction methods utilizing said instructions,

(d) said levels of filtering could be based on cost, time constraints, materials on hand, or other relevant constraints,

9. The system value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 2, further comprising means for online-analytical processing of said data, said means for analytical processing of said data is further arranged to provide:

(a) a complete picture of network influence on single and bundled products,

(b) large unbiased stratified samples of real-time high quality data, and

(c) accurate marketing performance metrics and measurements,

(d) and quality business intelligence.

whereby said purveyor, said vendor, or said sponsor can spot emerging trends and make faster strategic business decisions.

10. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 9, wherein said on-line analytical processing substantially utilizes structured data, semantic web technologies, and multiple data sources, whereby real-life contextual applicability to said analysis and insight into developing ontological structures of collections of said self-organizing niche group instances can provide germane business intelligence for unique commercial entities with individual business and product goals within diverse markets and industry segments.

11. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 2, wherein said participants can communicate via instant messaging or voice messaging technologies,

(a) said technologies utilize Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol or substantially similar technology,

(b) said technology and presentity information can be further used to facilitate group buying or other financial transaction opportunities among said participants, through instant alerts that said participants share substantially similar interest in said good, like goods, or related goods, and a bulk purchase may save them money on a prospective purchase,

12. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 2, wherein said participants have access to a toolset or dashboard of applications invoking services accessed through web portlets using xforms with an auto-suggest feature, javascript, scalable vector graphics, or video editing, designed to facilitate said participants interactions with said value synthesis infrastructure and system, said applications comprising planning, budgeting, accounting, creating and inputting quality content and supporting content, monitoring account activities, adding supporting content material, and additionally for commercial entities, providing a deep view of the network and gaining useful insight and analysis, said applications may require instillation on said participants computing or communications device, function as no-install rich internet applications, or support a combination thereof.

13. The value synthesis infrastructure and system of claim 2, wherein the legal embodiment of said value synthesis infrastructure either accesses instances of trade information in regard to a marketable good from a certified data pool or comprises a certified data pool of the global data synchronization network,

whereby said value synthesis infrastructure has direct access to new and updated product or company information.

14. A method of collecting financial transaction data providing increased value for personal and public usage comprising:

(a) utilizing a computer, telecommunications network or substantially similar technology,

(b) having a method of acquiring permission to securely access or transfer information of a financial transaction or instances of said data contained within said financial transaction, from one or more of a plurality of directly involved participants,

(c) repeating said method for a plurality of financial transactions of a plurality of participants selected from the group consisting of;

said directly involved participants in said financial transaction and other unrelated participants directly involved in other unrelated financial transactions,

(d) accessing and transferring said information from said plurality of financial transactions and providing automatic aggregates of said information to any of said participants from any of all said transactions in which said participants were directly involved,

(e) providing for participants to experience, process, analyze, account for, budget from, or store said data of said aggregates in a network accessible personal or business financial application or where an inventory of goods purchased is beneficial,

(f) providing a method to create an aggregation of said aggregates, said aggregation may comprise a subset of said data selected from said aggregates suitable for public use, including practical details of said information comprising price paid, quantity bought, a product'"'"'s global trade item number, a company'"'"'s global location number, retail location, dates, or other such instances of said data while excluding duplicate information or private personal details including customer names, addresses, credit card numbers, and the like.

(g) requesting and receiving permission from a plurality of said participants to utilize said participants'"'"' aggregates of said information to obtain the subset of said data required to create said aggregation,

(h) providing value-added information or services from said aggregation comprising estimates of fair value of marketable goods, price trends, price anomalies, spending habits, market penetration, or any said value-added information or services than can be pulled from said data.

(i) providing a benefit through integration of said value-added information or services with said personal or business financial application improving utility and value of said application for said participants,

(j) providing the general public with said valuable information or services,

(k) integrating said method of collecting financial data with other data services, such as globally synchronized trade item information and shared content containing knowledge of use of said item, like items having substantially the same function of said item, or related items, in a global value network through a value synthesis infrastructure,

whereby the citizens of the world can realize the benefits of interacting in a global value network with symmetrical knowledge and more transparent pricing structure.

15. The method of collecting financial transaction data of claim 14, wherein:

(a) said data further comprises;

hypertext markup languages, scripting languages, extensible markup language, query languages, resource description framework, web ontology language, relevant schemas, language translation services, or any similar languages or technologies substantially to provide the syntax, structure, validation, integration, querying, and presentation of said data, as well as descriptions of relationships or connections among said participants, said trade information, and said messages or content, thus adding to said informational value and said semantic value,

(b) said value synthesis infrastructure includes the usage of native xml databases or document stores, relational databases, file systems, web feeds, instant messaging, presence services, web services, an enterprise service bus, timestamping, or any similar technologies substantially to provide timely communication of said messages or content and accurate integration of said data, thus adding to said experiential value,

whereby said method of collecting financial data produces even more informational and semantic value for said participants and the general public.

16. The method of collecting financial transaction data of claim 15, wherein:

(a) said participants and said financial transaction comprise one or more consumers purchasing one or more items from one or more venders of goods,

(b) said venders of goods also collect points of sale data or issue digital sales receipt information,

(c) said points of sale or customer touch points have a physical location, a virtual on-line location, or a combination thereof.

(d) said consumers have granted said permission to securely access or transfer information of said points of sale or said digital sales receipt information,

(e) said aggregates of said financial transaction information may be accessed and processed with a software application, said applications may be installed on said consumers computing or communications device, function as a rich internet application, or exist as combination thereof.

(f) said aggregates of said financial transaction information are further integrated with globally synchronized trade item information and shared content containing knowledge of use of said item, like items having substantially the same function of said item, or related item utilizing said value synthesis infrastructure,

(g) a method to facilitate financial transactions is further included.

17. The method of collecting financial transaction data of claim 16, wherein said shared content containing knowledge is further comprised of that selected from the group consisting of:

(a) procedural information substantially regarding the utilization of said good, like goods, or related goods, or

(b) scientifically determined knowledge, experiential knowledge, tacit knowledge, intangible knowledge, knowledge of process, method of assembly, technical know-how, artistry, or

(c) screenplays or scripts with regard to product placement, and CGI or digital image metadata,

18. The method of collecting financial transaction data of claim 17, wherein said participants can communicate via instant messaging or voice messaging technologies, where,

(a) said technologies utilize Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, a presence service, or substantially similar technology,

(b) said technology and presentity information are further used to facilitate group buying or other financial transaction opportunities among said participants, through instant alerts that said participants share substantially similar interest in said good, like goods, or related goods.