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Idea management

  • US 7,533,034 B2
  • Filed: 01/10/2002
  • Issued: 05/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method for providing through a computer network to business management a plan for implementing a user'"'"'s suggestion for business improvement, the method comprising:

  • in a first computer process, causing presentation to a user seeking to submit a suggestion for business improvement, a series of two or more templates for entering a structured response on a terminal device, wherein one of the templates presented to the user allows the user to characterize the type of suggestion as falling into at least one of a plurality of categories selected from a group of cost saving, revenue generation, quality improvement, safety improvement, customer service improvement, development of a new product, policy change and advertising or corporate slogan;

    receiving over a computer network the structured response, entered into the two or more templates from the user, wherein the structured response includes a characterization of the type of suggestion entered into one or more templates by the user and a server logically selects at least one of the templates presented to the user according to the type of suggestion characterized by the user; and

    in a second computer process, determining the network routing of data from the structured response to business management based upon entries of the response in one or more templates.

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