METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC FORUMS
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a public forum of a government agency comprising:
- in a public forum processor, receiving a statement from a submitter, the statement related to the public forum of the government agency;
processing the submitted statement including;
assigning the submitted statement to a list of pending statements;
evaluating the submitted statement according to civility criteria of the public forum of the government agency; and
on the basis of said civility evaluation, assigning the submitted statement to a list of approved statements; and
sending at least one pending statement in response to a request for the list of pending statements, including the content of the at least one pending statement and information related to said civility evaluation of the at least one pending statement.
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Abstract
A method for conducting a public forum of a government agency includes, in a public forum processor, receiving a statement from a submitter, the statement related to the public forum of the government agency and processing the submitted statement including assigning the submitted statement to a list of pending statements, evaluating the submitted statement according to civility criteria of the public forum of the government agency, and on the basis of said civility evaluation, assigning the submitted statement to a list of approved statements. The method also includes sending a pending statement in response to a request for the list of pending statements, including the content of the pending statement and information related to said civility evaluation of the pending statement.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a public forum of a government agency comprising:
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in a public forum processor, receiving a statement from a submitter, the statement related to the public forum of the government agency; processing the submitted statement including; assigning the submitted statement to a list of pending statements; evaluating the submitted statement according to civility criteria of the public forum of the government agency; and on the basis of said civility evaluation, assigning the submitted statement to a list of approved statements; and sending at least one pending statement in response to a request for the list of pending statements, including the content of the at least one pending statement and information related to said civility evaluation of the at least one pending statement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for conducting a public forum of a government agency comprising:
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a statement broker configured to receive a statement from a submitter, the statement related to the public forum of the government agency, and to assign the submitted statement to a list of pending statements; a public forum processor configured to assign the submitted statement to a list of approved statements based on a civility evaluation of the statement according to predetermined civility criteria of the public forum of the government agency, wherein the statement broker is further configured to send at least one pending statement in response to a request for the list of pending statements, including content of the at least one pending statement and information related to the civility evaluation of the at least one pending statement.
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20. A computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software for conducting a public forum of a government agency, said software comprising instructions for:
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evaluating a statement received from a submitter and related to the public forum of the government agency, including; assigning the submitted statement to a list of pending statements; and moving the submitted statement to a list of approved statements based on an evaluation of the submitted statement according to civility criteria of the public forum of the government agency; and providing at least one pending statement in response to a request for the list of pending statements, including the content of the at least one pending statement and information related to the civility evaluation of the at least one pending statement.
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