Systems and methods for managing expert content

• US 8,150,750 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2009
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Subhransu K. Ray
• Original Assignee: Subhransu K. Ray
• Inventors: Ray, Subhransu K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US12/477,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20090299812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 705 10- 44
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing consultation requests to communities of experts comprising receiving consultation requests, receiving responses to consultation requests, and compensating experts for their responses with fractional ownership in a value-added investment vehicle based at least in part on the value of those responses.

Claims

1. A computer system for managing consultation requests comprising:

at least one processor;

a first storage in communication with the at least one processor, wherein first and second rating values are stored in the first storage;

a first communication port in communication with the at least one processor, wherein the first communication port is configured to receive first data representing a consultation request, and wherein first software instructions are executed by the at least one processor to process the first data and to send second data representing the consultation request to first and second reviewers;

a second communication port in communication with the at least one processor, wherein the second communication port is configured to receive third data representing a response to the consultation request provided by the first reviewer and is also configured to receive fourth data representing a response to the consultation request provided by the second reviewer, and wherein second software instructions are executed by the at least one processor to process the third and fourth data and to send to a requestor fifth data representing the responses to the consultation request provided by the first and second reviewers; and

a third communication port in communication with the at least one processor, wherein the third communication port is configured to receive sixth data representing a payment value corresponding to the value of the responses represented by the fifth data, wherein third software instructions are executed by the at least one processor to process the sixth data, to combine a value represented by the sixth data with seventh data representing the value of an account of which each of the first and second reviewers owns a fractional share to calculate a modified account value, to calculate a modified fractional share of the account owned by the first reviewer based on the first rating value, and to calculate a modified fractional share of the account owned by the second reviewer based on the second rating value.

2. The computer system as described in claim 1 wherein the first, second and third communication ports are the same communication port.

3. The computer system as described in claim 1 wherein the first, second and third software instructions are stored on the first storage.

4. The computer system as described in claim 1 wherein the first communication port is further configured to receive eighth data representing rating information provided by a third reviewer, and wherein fourth software instructions are executed by the at least one processor to process the eighth data and to modify the first rating value based on the rating information represented by the eighth data.

5. The computer system as described in claim 1 wherein the account comprises one or more investments.

6. The computer system of claim 5, wherein the first and second reviewers are experts in a particular field and the one or more investments are in at least one market sector within the particular field.

7. A method for processing consultation requests comprising the steps of:

sending a first consultation request to first and second experts;

receiving first answers in response to the first consultation request from the first and second experts;

accessing a first rating that is associated with the first expert and that depends, at least in part, on at least one of the first answers;

accessing a second rating that is associated with the second expert and that depends, at least in part, on at least one of the first answers;

receiving a payment value corresponding to a value of at least some of the first answers;

combining the payment value with the value of an asset to calculate a modified value of the asset; and

calculating, by at least one computer processor, a first fractional ownership in the asset based on the first rating, the first fractional ownership owned by the first expert; and

calculating a second fractional ownership in the asset based on the second rating, the second fractional ownership owned by the second expert.

8. The method of claim 7, comprising the further step of sending the first answers to a customer.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising the further steps of:

sending a second consultation request to the first expert and a third expert;

receiving second answers in response to the second consultation request from the first and third experts;

accessing a third rating that is associated with the first expert and that depends, at least in part, on at least one of the second answers; and

calculating a third fractional share ownership in a second asset based on the third rating, the third fractional share ownership owned by the first expert.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the third rating differs from the first rating.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising the further step of:

accessing a fourth rating that is associated with the third expert and that depends, at least in part, on at least one of the second answers; and

calculating a fourth fractional share ownership in the second asset based on the fourth rating, the fractional share ownership owned by the third expert.

12. The method of claim 9, comprising the further step of:

sending the second answers to a customer; and

receiving a second payment, wherein the value of the second asset is based, at least in part, on a value of the second payment.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first and the second asset are the same asset.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein said calculating is automated.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein the asset comprises one or more investments.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein the first and second experts are experts in a particular field, and the one or more investments are in at least one market sector within the particular field.

17. A method for processing consultation requests comprising the steps of:

sending a first consultation request to first and second experts;

receiving answers in response to the first consultation request from the first and second experts;

accessing a first rating associated with the first expert and that is based, at least in part, on an analysis of at least a first set of information about the first expert;

accessing a second rating associated with the second expert and that is based, at least in part, on an analysis of at least a first set of information about the second expert;

receiving a payment from a customer, wherein the value of the payment corresponds to a value of at least some of the answers;

combining the value of the payment with the value of an asset to calculate a modified value of the asset;

calculating, by at least one computer processor, a first fractional ownership in the asset based on at least the first rating associated with the first expert and the payment, the first fractional ownership owned by the first expert; and

calculating a second fractional ownership in the asset based on at least the second rating associated with the second expert and the payment, the second fractional ownership owned by the second expert.

18. The method of claim 17, comprising the further step of sending the received answers to a customer.

19. Computer readable media having computer readable instructions recorded thereon for processing consultation requests, the instructions comprising:

instructions for sending a first consultation request to first and second experts;

instructions for receiving first answers in response to the first consultation request from the first and second experts;

instructions for accessing a first rating associated with the first expert;

instructions for accessing a second rating associated with the second expert;

instructions for receiving a payment, the value of the payment corresponding to a value of at least some of the first answers;

instructions for combining the payment value with the value of an asset to calculate a modified value of the asset; and

instructions for calculating, by one or more computer processors, a first fractional ownership in the asset based on the first rating, the first fractional ownership owned by the first expert, and a second fractional ownership in the asset based on the second rating, the second fractional ownership owned by the second expert.

20. The computer readable media of claim 19, the instructions further comprising:

instructions for sending the first answers to a customer.

21. The computer readable media of claim 20, the instructions further comprising:

instructions for sending a second consultation request to the first expert and a third expert;

instructions for receiving second answers in response to the second consultation request from the first and third experts;

instructions for accessing a third rating, the third rating associated with the first expert and that is based, at least in part, on an analysis of at least one of the second answers; and

instructions for calculating a third fractional share ownership in a second asset based on the third rating, the third fractional share ownership owned by the first expert.

22. The computer readable media of claim 21, the instructions further comprising:

instructions for accessing a fourth rating, the fourth rating associated with the third expert and that is based, at least in part, on an analysis of at least one of the second answers; and

instructions for calculating a fourth fractional share ownership in the second asset based on the fourth rating, the fourth fractional share ownership owned by the third expert.

23. The computer readable media of claim 21, the instructions further comprising:

instructions for sending the second answers to a customer; and

instructions for receiving a second payment, wherein the value of the second asset is based, at least in part, on a value of the second payment.

24. The computer readable media of claim 22, wherein the first asset and the second asset are the same asset.

25. The computer readable media of claim 21, wherein the third rating differs from the first rating.

26. The computer readable media of claim 19, wherein the calculation of the first fractional ownership share is automated.

27. Computer readable media having computer readable instructions recorded thereon for processing consultation requests, the instructions comprising:

instructions for sending a first consultation request to first and second experts;

instructions for receiving answers in response to the first consultation request from the first and second experts;

instructions for accessing a first rating associated with the first expert and that is based, at least in part, on an analysis of at least a first set of information about the first expert;

instructions for accessing a second rating associated with the second expert and that is based, at least in part, on an analysis of at least a first set of information about the second expert;

instructions for receiving a payment from a customer, wherein the value of the payment corresponds to a value of at least some of the first answers;

instructions for combining the value of the payment with the value of an asset to calculate a modified value of the asset; and

instructions for calculating, by one or more computer processors, a first fractional ownership in the asset based on at least the first rating associated with the first expert and the payment, the first fractional ownership owned by the first expert, and a second fractional ownership in the asset based on at least the second rating associated with the second expert and the payment, the second fractional ownership owned by the second expert and wherein the value of the asset includes the value of the payment.

28. The computer readable media of claim 27, the instructions further comprising instructions for sending the received answers to a customer.