SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• US 20110153447A1
• Filed: 08/25/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Original Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Thomas, Tracey R., Chen, Katherine G.
• Granted Patent: US 9,037,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212

Abstract

A comprehensive platform for developing digital products. A standardized process is applied to a product development effort and an online portal provides tools to aid the product development, assessment, funding and commercializing products. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between users. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer for interfacing with experts and from a first user, standardized data for assessing an opportunity;

creating, by the computer and at least partially based upon the standardized data, a web page for the opportunity;

determining, by the computer and at least partially based upon the standardized data, a plurality of experts for the opportunity;

selecting, by the computer, a first expert from the plurality of experts; and

receiving, by the computer and from the first expert, feedback associated with the opportunity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first expert is at least one of an industry expert, a member of the media, a judge in a product tournament and an investor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the plurality of experts is based upon expert rating data, wherein the expert rating data comprises ratings of experts based upon at least one of qualifications, peer rating, industry knowledge and experience.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a plurality of experts and determining a relevance score for each expert in the plurality of experts, wherein the relevance score is based upon at least one of industry, skill set, and location.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the relevance score is based upon search criteria received from the first user.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining for a first expert at least one of an expertise score and a cooperativeness score, wherein the plurality of experts comprises the first expert.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a price for the first expert.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the price is determined based upon an auction.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving a bid from the first user for the services of the first expert.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request from the first user for expert advice associated with the opportunity.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the opportunity is at least one of a digital product and a digital service.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, receiving a digital upload comprising the opportunity.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising enabling access by the first expert to at least one of the standardized data and the opportunity.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving from the first expert feedback associated with the opportunity, wherein the feedback comprises a score, a rating, an offer to purchase, an offer to invest, a recommendation, a critique and a comparison.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling an online meeting between the expert and the first user.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the standardized data comprises:

presenting, to the first user, a first question in an interactive assessment template, wherein the template includes fields which request standardized data for assessing an opportunity;

receiving, from the first user, a first response to the first question, wherein the first response is part of the standardized data;

determining, by the computer, a second question based at least partially upon the first response; and

receiving, by the computer, a second response to the second question, wherein the second response is part of the standardized data.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, via an online portal and based at least partially upon the standardized data, a plurality of tools to the first user.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein, the plurality of tools comprises a search tool, a statistical scoring tool, an access configuration tool, an interactive assessment tool, a recommendations tool, a storage tool, a feedback tool, an expert advice tool, a web recording tool, a market research tool, a project management tool, a prototype tool, a demonstration tool, a connect an recommend tool and a mobile alert tool.

19. A system comprising:

a network interface associated with a memory and a computer for interfacing with experts;

the computer configured to execute a computer program;

the computer program, when executed by the computer, is configured to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by the computer and from a first user, standardized data for assessing an opportunity;

creating, by the computer and at least partially based upon the standardized data, a web page for the opportunity;

determining, by the computer and at least partially based upon the standardized data, a plurality of experts for the opportunity;

selecting, by the computer, a first expert from the plurality of experts; and

receiving, by the computer and from the first expert, feedback associated with the opportunity.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computer for interfacing with experts, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the computer and from a first user, standardized data for assessing an opportunity;

creating, by the computer and at least partially based upon the standardized data, a web page for the opportunity;

determining, by the computer and at least partially based upon the standardized data, a plurality of experts for the opportunity;

selecting, by the computer, a first expert from the plurality of experts; and

receiving, by the computer and from the first expert, feedback associated with the opportunity.