System, process, or method for the use of cross-inhibitive-voting in collaborative societal decision making within social networks

• US 20150254918A1
• Filed: 03/07/2014
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Miller, Jeffrey F.
• Original Assignee: Miller, Jeffrey F.
• Inventors: Miller, Jeffrey F.
• Application Number:
  US14/201,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20150254918A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2230/00 Voting or election arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 13/00 Voting apparatus

Abstract

As uses of interne based social networks have become broader, the potential for collaborative interaction has remained restricted by the effectiveness of voting methods. The application of cross-inhibitive-voting in social networks enables improved quality in the outcome of voting processes, and inclusion of greater numbers of voters by employing repetitive voting, quorum detection, reciprocal-time-weighting of votes, and the determination of a single best-of-N, or top-x-of-N ranking of alternatives determined by the number of in-favor votes minus the number of in-opposition votes.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving from a device of an entity participating in an electoral event, a proposal, and fitness criteria by which the participating entity indicates the proposal'"'"'s fitness may be assessed, and by which relational data constructs may be created, wherein a proposal and fitness criteria are stored in a database in association with the participant and the electoral event;

receptive to receiving from a device of an entity participating in an electoral event, fitness criteria in reference to which the participating entity intends to solicit proposals complying with the fitness criteria in some degree, and by which relational data constructs may be created, wherein the fitness criteria, referenced for solicitation of proposals, which are received, are stored in a database in association with the participant, the solicitation, and with the electoral event;

receptive to receiving from a device of an entity participating in an electoral event, a proposal in response to solicitation for proposals, and by which relational data constructs may be created, wherein a proposal received in response to a solicitation for proposals and associated fitness criteria, are stored in a database in association with the responding participant, and the electoral event;

receptive to receiving from a device of an entity participating in an electoral event, a revision of a previous proposal or fitness criteria by an originating participant, whereby upon such receipt any accumulated vote sum of a revised proposal is reset to an initial condition, and wherein any revision to a previous proposal or fitness criteria, and the resetting of associated votes sums, are stored in a database in association with the participant and the electoral event;

receiving from a device of an entity participating in an electoral event, a casting or repetitive casting of votes in-favor of, or in-opposition to, one or more proposals in which each recast vote of a participating entity supersedes that entities prior vote in its entirety, wherein the casting or repetitive recasting of votes supersede prior votes and are stored in a database in association with the participant, the proposals voted upon, and with the electoral event;

production of a time stamp for each casting or recasting of votes by any voting entity participating in an electoral event, identifying the time at which the votes cast or recast have been recorded, wherein time stamps for each valid casting or recasting of votes are stored in a database in association with the participant, the proposals voted upon, and with the electoral event;

receiving from a device of an electoral authority, a set of criteria for determination of a quorum condition, which may include but are not limited to any one or combination of;

the initial values, present values, peak values, and rates of change of one or more of;

the number of potential participating entities in a population, the number of entities participating in an electoral event, the total votes cast in the electoral event, number of vote casting events, the number of active proposals, the sum of reciprocal-time-weighted-votes for any or all active proposals, or the rates of repetitive voting, wherein a set of criteria for determination of a quorum condition are stored in a database in association with the electoral event;

determination of a quorum condition causing termination of vote casting activities, wherein determination of a quorum condition initiates the determination of the outcome of an electoral event;

determination of either a single best-of-N electoral outcome, or the top-x-of-N ranking as an electoral outcome, based upon the vote sum for each active proposal at the time a quorum condition is achieved, wherein the vote sum of each active proposal, at the time a quorum condition is achieved, is defined by the following;

Vote sum ρ

_η

=[Σ

_{all voters} RTW in-favor votes upon ρ

_η

]−

[Σ

_{all voters} RTW cross-inhibitive votes in-opposition upon ρ

_η

],

where;

ρ

_η

is the proposal for which the vote sum is calculated, and

RTW is reciprocal-time-weighted.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein participants and potential participants are associated entities in a social network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein votes cast are invalidated if the sum of the absolute value of that participant'"'"'s votes during a casting exceed that participants vote-weight-right, or if one or more proposals upon which a vote is cast are inactive prior to validation of vote or votes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein production of reciprocal-time-weighted vote by which a reduction in vote weight is consistently governed by the passage of time, and the passage of time is determined in part by the time at which a quorum condition is achieved.