Large group interactions via mass communication network
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1. A method of supporting the happening of a mass-interaction event comprising:
- providing a mass interaction event, directed at collecting information from a plurality of participants, in which a plurality of participants interact with each other by generating information comprising at least one of questions, responses to questions and fact information for presentation to other participants and assimilating information; and
controlling, automatically by a computer, the rate of information presentation to each participant of said plurality of participants, to be below a maximum information assimilation rate of said each participant.
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Abstract
A method of supporting mass human-interaction events, including: providing a mass interaction event by a computer network (100) in which a plurality of participants (102) interact with each other by generating information comprising of questions, responses to questions and fact information for presentation to other participants and assimilating information: and controlling, automatically by a computer (104) the rate of information presentation to each participant, to be below a maximum information assimilation rate of each participant.
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1. A method of supporting the happening of a mass-interaction event comprising:
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providing a mass interaction event, directed at collecting information from a plurality of participants, in which a plurality of participants interact with each other by generating information comprising at least one of questions, responses to questions and fact information for presentation to other participants and assimilating information; and controlling, automatically by a computer, the rate of information presentation to each participant of said plurality of participants, to be below a maximum information assimilation rate of said each participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131)
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37. A method of supporting the happening of a mass-interaction event, comprising:
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providing a mass interaction event in which a plurality of participants interact with each oilier by generating information comprising at least one of questions, responses to questions and fact information for presentation to other participants and assimilating information; and controlling, automatically by a computer, the rate of information presentation to each participant of said plurality of participants, to be below a maximum information assimilation rate of said each participant, wherein controlling the rate comprises controlling the rate using different methods for different participant types.
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115. A method of at least partly optimizing discussion groups, comprising:
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providing an issue to be discussed; and automatically gathering at least four people into a group, by a computer, for said discussion, responsive to said issue, wherein the gathering comprises modifying the content of said group to achieve a desired effect and wherein said modifying comprises modifying the content of the group responsive to existing group dynamics of discussions of the group. - View Dependent Claims (116, 117, 118, 119)
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132. A method of supporting the happening of a mass-interaction event, comprising:
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providing a mass interaction event in which a plurality of participants interact with each other by generating information comprising at least one of questions, responses to questions and fact information for presentation to other participants and assimilating information; and controlling, automatically by a computer, the rate of information presentation to each participant of said plurality of participants, to be below a maximum information assimilation rate of said each participant, at least partially by controlling a number and identity of interactive sub-groups of the participants, to which the participant belongs. - View Dependent Claims (137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154)
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133. A method of supporting the happening of a mass-interaction event, comprising:
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providing a mass interaction event in which a plurality of participants interact with each other by generating information comprising at least one of questions, responses to questions and fact information for presentation to other participants and assimilating information; and controlling, automatically by a computer, the rate of information presentation to each participant of said plurality of participants, to be below a maximum information assimilation rate of said each participant, wherein the computer presents at least one piece of information to a first group of participants and determines a second group of participants to receive the at least one piece of information responsive to ratings received from one or more members of the first group of participants. - View Dependent Claims (134, 135, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165)
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136. A method of at least partly optimizing discussion groups, comprising:
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providing an issue to be discussed; and automatically gathering at least four people into a group, by a computer, for said discussion, responsive to said issue, wherein providing an issue to be discussed comprises identifying an issue that warrants a separate discussion, and wherein gathering people into a group comprises generating an ad hoc group to discuss the issue and gathering the people into the ad hoc group.
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