TRUSTED SOURCES WITH PERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR AN ORGANIZATION

• US 20130013684A1
• Filed: 10/14/2011
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: MILLER, Garrett F., KUMAR, Janaki P., STONE, Jeremiah E., ARENT, Michael A., LONGWORTH, Alys M., MARCUS, Aaron, DUMPERT, Jennifer A., WIGHAM, Laurie, THOMAS, Rebecca L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,710,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method for developing trust in an organization supported tracking system by ensuring that resources in a resource library are collected from trusted sources, and encouraging and tracking participation in organization supported activities designed to achieve a long term goal of the organization. Resources may be submitted by organization members and ranked according to multiple factors including the trustworthiness of the source, the relevance of the resource to the long term goal, or the response of the organization members to the resource. Participation may be encouraged through friendly competition, awards granted for participation, and publication of member accomplishments. Tracking may be facilitated by allowing members to create initiatives and actions related to the long term goal which members may follow and join and then tracking and verifying member participation in those initiatives and actions.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a memory for storing a plurality of resources; and

a processor configured to receive a comment submitted by a system user, to identify a resource submitted with the received comment, and to select a stored resource for publication to system users;

wherein the identified resource is stored in the memory; and

wherein a stored resource is selected for publication if the resource is from a trusted source.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified resource is from a trusted source if the user that submitted the comment is a known system user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified resource is from a trusted source if the user that submitted the comment is a system user that was invited to use the system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein a resource is from a trusted source if it is submitted by more than one system user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein a resource is from a trusted source if it is approved by a system administrator.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a resource is from a trusted source if a verification comment is received at the processor.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein a verification comment is a subsequent comment that provides proof of the trustworthiness of the original comment.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein a verification comment is a comment from a first system user forwarding the resource to a second system user.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein a verification comment is a subsequent comment that positively reviews the resource.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein a subsequent comment related to the resource is identified by the processor and stored in memory with the resource.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the received comment is identified as a resource.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein an image submitted with the comment is identified as a resource.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein a webpage link submitted with the comment is identified as a resource.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor assigns a ranking to each stored resource.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the assigned ranking is based at least in part on the trustworthiness of the system user that submitted the resource.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the assigned ranking is based at least in part on a subsequent comment related to the resource received at the processor.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the assigned ranking is based at least in part on feedback from system users viewing the resource.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the resource is selected for publication only if the assigned ranking is above a predetermined threshold.

19. A system for ensuring displayed information is from trusted sources comprising:

a memory that stores resources for display;

a server connected to a network, said server configured to;

receive a comment from a user of a participation tracking system via the network, and

transmit elements for display to a client device associated with a user of the participation tracking system via the network; and

a controller configured to;

identify a resource received with the comment,

store the resource in said memory; and

select a stored resource as an element for display,

wherein the selected resource is from a trusted source.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the identified resource is from a trusted source if the user that submitted the originating comment is a known system user.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein a resource is from a trusted source if a verification comment is received at the processor.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to assign a rank to each stored resource.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the assigned rank is based on a subsequent comment related to the resource received at the processor.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the assigned rank is based on feedback from system users viewing the resource.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the controller selects a resource as an element for display only if the rank assigned to the resource is above a predetermined threshold.

26. A computer implemented method for collecting resources from trusted sources comprising:

receiving at a processor a comment submitted by a user;

parsing the comment at the processor to identify a resource;

assigning a rank to the identified resource wherein resources with an assigned rank above a predetermined threshold will be available to the user;

storing the identified resource and associated rank in a resource repository on a non-transitory computer readable medium.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the comment is identified as a resource.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein an image submitted with the comment is identified as a resource.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein a webpage link submitted with the comment is identified as a resource.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein said assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on the trustworthiness of the user.

31. The method of claim 26, wherein said assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on subsequent comments related to the original comment.

32. The method of claim 26, wherein said assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on other comments related to the identified resource.

33. The method of claim 26, wherein said assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on feedback from system users viewing the resource.

34. A computer implemented method comprising:

storing a plurality of resources in a non-transitory memory;

receiving at a processor a comment submitted by a user;

identifying with the processor a resource submitted with the received comment;

storing the identified resource in the memory;

selecting with the processor a stored resource for publication to system users;

wherein a stored resource is selected for publication if the resource is from a trusted source.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the identified resource is from a trusted source if the user that submitted the comment is a known system user.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein a resource is from a trusted source if a verification comment is received at the processor.

37. The method of claim 34, further comprising:

indentifying with the processor a subsequent comment related to the identified resource; and

storing the subsequent comment in memory with the resource.

38. The method of claim 34, further comprising assigning a rank to each stored resource.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein said selecting includes determining the assigned rank for a stored resource is above a predetermined threshold.

40. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform a method comprising:

upon receiving at the processor a comment submitted by a user, parsing the comment to identify a resource;

assigning a rank to the identified resource wherein resources with an assigned rank above a predetermined threshold will be available to the user;

storing the identified resource and associated rank in a resource repository on a non-transitory computer readable medium.

41. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform a method comprising:

upon receiving a comment submitted by a user, identifying a resource submitted with the received comment;

storing the identified resource in memory; and

selecting a stored resource for publication to system users;

wherein a stored resource is selected for publication if the resource is from a trusted source.