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Facilitating a decision-making process

  • US 8,504,621 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2007
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • detecting, at a server, a request from a user to facilitate a decision making process for a group of users, including the user, wherein, the group of users are participating in a communication thread via user devices;

    assimilating, by the server, user information from the group of users relevant to identifying candidate suggestions towards which the decision is to be made;

    using the user information, identifying relevant data of the candidate suggestions for the server to facilitate the decision making process among the group of users;

    presenting the candidate suggestions to the group of users to advance the decision making process among the group of users; and

    when the users of the group are unable to make a decision from among the candidate suggestions, making by the server the decision on behalf of the group of users by selecting one of the candidate suggestions.

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