EVALUATING AND DISPLAYING FEEDBACK FOR AN ITEM DISTRIBUTED TO A GROUP OF USERS AT A COLLABORATIVE EVENT

• US 20160203502A1
• Filed: 01/08/2015
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Boinodiris, Phaedra, Stowell, David P.
• Granted Patent: US 10,373,181 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration

Abstract

Approaches presented herein enable evaluating and displaying feedback for an item distributed to a group of users, e.g., at a collaborative event. Specifically, at least one approach includes receiving the item (e.g., a topic, idea, product) from a first user, and distributing the item to the group of users, wherein the group of users is located within an identified geographic proximity to the first user. An assigned value (e.g., demand quantified though buy/sell data) is then received for the item from one or more users of the group of users, and displayed to the first user via a mobile device, along with a real-time location of each user of the group of users. In one approach, each user'"'"'s mobile device displays a geographic distance from other users at the collaborative event.

Claims

1. A method for evaluating an item distributed to a group of users, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

receiving the item from a first user;

distributing the item to the group of users, wherein the group of users is located within an identified geographic proximity to the first user;

receiving an assigned value for the item from one or more users of the group of users; and

displaying, to the first user via a mobile device, a real-time location of each user of the group of users along with the assigned value from the one or more users of the group of users.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the computer implemented step of enrolling the first user and the group of users as attendees of a same interactive event.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the computer-implemented step of displaying, along with the first user and the group of users, a set of items.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the computer-implemented step of recognizing an item from the set of items as having a highest assigned value.

5. The method of claim 1, the displaying further comprising providing, to the first user, a quantified geographic distance between the first user and each user of the group of users.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a set of users from the group of users that have either;

assigned a positive value to the item, or assigned a negative value to the item; and

identifying, to the first user, the set of users.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the computer implemented step of providing an invite from the first user to the set of users to one or more social media websites associated with the first user.

8. The method of claim 1, the item including one or more of the following:

a product, an idea, a discussion topic, a presentation topic, and a reaction to a presentation topic.

9. A system for evaluating an item distributed to a group of users, comprising:

a memory medium comprising program instructions;

a bus coupled to the memory medium; and

a processor, for executing the program instructions, coupled to an collaboration tool via the bus that when executing the program instructions causes the system to;

receive the item from a first user;

distribute the item to the group of users, wherein the group of users is located within an identified geographic proximity to the first user;

receive an assigned value for the item from one or more users of the group of users; and

display, to the first user via a mobile device, a real-time location of each user of the group of users along with the assigned value from the one or more users of the group of users.

10. The system of claim 9, the program instructions further causing the system to enroll the first user and the group of users as attendees of a same interactive event.

11. The system of claim 9, the program instructions further causing the system to display, along with the first user and the group of users, a set of items.

12. The system of claim 11, the program instructions further causing the system to recognize an item from the set of items as having a highest assigned value.

13. The system of claim 9, the instructions causing the system to display further comprising instructions to provide, to the first user, a quantified geographic distance between the first user and each user of the group of users.

14. The method of claim 9, the instructions causing the system to:

determine a set of users from the group of users that have either;

assigned a positive value to the item, or assigned a negative value to the item; and

identify, to the first user, the set of users.

15. The method of claim 9, the item including one or more of the following:

a product, an idea, a discussion topic, a presentation topic, and a reaction to a presentation topic.

16. A computer program product for evaluating an item distributed to a group of users at a collaborative event, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage device, to:

receive the item from a first user;

distribute the item to the group of users, wherein the group of users is located within an identified geographic proximity to the first user, and wherein the first user and the group of users are attendees of a same interactive event;

receive an assigned value for the item from one or more users of the group of users; and

display, to the first user via a mobile device, a real-time location of each user of the group of users along with the assigned value from the one or more users of the group of users.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising program instructions to display, along with the first user and the group of users, a set of items.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising program instructions to provide, to the first user, a quantified geographic distance between the first user and each user of the group of users.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising program instructions to:

determine a set of users from the group of users that have either;

assigned a positive value to the item, or assigned a negative value to the item; and

identify, to the first user, the set of users.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, the item including one or more of the following:

a product, an idea, a discussion topic, a presentation topic, and a reaction to a presentation topic.