Architectural frameworks, functions and interfaces for relationship management (AFFIRM)

• US 8,849,862 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2008
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rsvpro LLC
• Original Assignee: Rsvpro LLC
• Inventors: Visscher, Ronald Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US12/008,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20090006467A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,450 Days
• Field of Search: 707/609, 707/634, 707/661, 707/694, 707/702, 707/705, 707/756, 707/769, 707/771, 707/783, 707/792, 707/796, 707/802, 707/821, 707/E17.005, 707/779, 707/999.103, 707/999.105, 707/703, 705/1.1, 705/7.12, 705/7.13, 705/7.15, 705/7.17, 705/7.23, 705/14.56, 705/300
• US Class Current: 707/792
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Uniform subject and object oriented data structure adopted in computing device to efficiently store, distribute and process data in a variety of applications. Said data structure comprised of multiple complementary subparts that together and independently facilitate communication (of inputs and outputs) through one or more defined interfaces to facilitate secure access and coordination between given individual subject(s) and other real (physical or metaphysical) entities. Methods are also disclosed that work in tandem with the data structure and interface components to enable and require a single or given human user or other individual personal subject (belonging to a secure AFFIRM network) to maintain exclusive (private) self-control over at least one virtual domain that represents themselves (their actions and their relationships).

Claims

1. A computing architecture and method for managing the socioeconomic interaction of at least one of entity(s), group(s) of entity(s) and network(s) of entity(s) herein together referred to as the system, essentially comprised of:

a memory or medium for at least one of storing and transporting at least one of data and executable instructions;

a processor for at least one of accessing the data and executing the executable instructions, at least one of the data and the executable instructions structured according to;

a uniform and universally applicable subject and object oriented data structure(s) or framework(s) where each real subject entity in the system is represented by a separate main subject-oriented domain or hub, herein referred to as a Home Domain (HD) where the said subject entity is what is herein referred to as the Home Subject (HS), and by other reference object(s) located in other domain(s) or hub(s) of other subject(s) that interact with said HS to at least one of represent, link to and reflect said HS as an object, instances of said data and executable instructions in said uniform structure optionally emanating from a subject and object oriented application programming environment(s) that enable(s) at least one of programmer(s) and HS(s), whether knowing the syntax of computer coding language(s) or not, to at least one of create, access and operate application template(s) in HD(s) to share components and instances of said data and executable instructions in said uniform structure to manage interaction with at least one of said HS'"'"'s own and other domain(s) and the HS(s) of these domain(s) in the process of at least one of planning, proposing, selecting, instantiating, staging and modifying reference object(s) referring to real entity(s) and interaction(s) with them so as to at least one of influence, observe, record and effect real change(s) in the real entity(s) themselves;

at least one of uniquely addressable and separately accessible node or data location(s) for each domain of the system;

link(s) or object(s), instances of which include a plurality of at least one of whole(s) and part(s) of at least one of said domain(s) of the system elsewhere referred to as bilateral or bi-directional links, that mutually or reciprocally point to each other and represent interaction(s), change(s) or exchange(s) that are able to be created and proposed by HS(s) and affirmed by potentially interacting HS(s), with each affirming HS of each then interacting domain being able to be updated with message object(s) that reference(s) the interacting real entity(s) and the current state(s) of the change(s) from the perspective of the HS of the domain being updated as the relationship evolves;

exemplary bilateral links include mutual references between two respective domains signifying a potential relationship, herein referred to as a partnership, between their HS(s), also referred to as partner(s), that, once agreed to by both parties, will then actually exist until at least one HS(s) of interacting domain(s) decide(s) to dissolve or discontinue the relationship;

at least one of discrete messaging, sharing and bilateral interaction mechanism(s) where reference object(s) at least potentially in the uniform data structure(s) can be selectively sent from one sending or sharing domain or hub to be at least one of selectively received, saved, processed and collated at least one of with or without other related data by at least one of targeted partner recipient HS(s) and domain(s) or hub(s), whether agreements have been made to structure or describe the application level data in the same application specific way or not; and

at least one to potentially all of said data, object(s), reference object(s), domain(s), link(s), node(s), message(s), instruction(s), function(s), interface(s) and framework(s) existing in the system as at least one of real instances of said uniform and universally applicable subject and object oriented data structure(s).

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

uniform subject and object oriented data structure(s) or framework(s), instance(s) of which are herein referred to as Personal Domain(s) (PD) because they are each separately and/or exclusively created, applied, partitioned, located, addressed, accessed and/or controlled by a single actor, organization, person, guardian or other entity, that is or represents the Home Subject (HS); and

optionally

subject and object oriented programming environment used and/or controlled by the HS and/or their authorized representative, without needing to know specific syntax or code(s) of a computer language to program application(s) by creating, selecting and/or destroying reference object(s) and/or their link(s) and state(s) to be processed within uniform and universally applicable meta-modeling framework(s);

pre-programmed planning, negotiation and/or interaction coordination protocol(s) and mechanism(s) that require(s) HS(s) and/or authorized representative(s) controlling PD(s) involved in an interaction to agree to an interaction such as the creation of a partnership, the sending and receiving of information, the exchange of physical goods or services, before an interaction can be scheduled and/or enacted;

pre-programmed monitoring, updating, archiving and/or learning mechanism(s) that enable(s) incremental interaction(s) to be automatically and/or otherwise recorded in the above uniform framework(s) and then able to be directly evaluated from the perspective of each PD and its HS;

pre-programmed process guidance mechanism(s) that can automatically use result(s) of past interaction(s) and/or other accessible relevant data to evaluate alternative action(s) based on relative attractiveness and/or recommend action(s) as well as predict behavior(s);

pre-programmed process control(s) and actualization protocol(s) and mechanism(s) that enable(s) interaction to be asynchronously planned and/or negotiated and then, synchronously or otherwise, enacted and/or coordinated;

architecture(s) and protocol(s) for building one or more pragmatic webs where subject plan(s), action(s) and/or feedback impact meaning, conception, development and/or value of useful object(s); and

/or

architecture(s) and protocol(s) for managing the dynamic learning, development, coordination, protection, collaboration and/or performance of socioeconomic entity(s) in the system.

3. The system, according to claim 2, further essentially comprised of:

a uniform subject and object oriented data structure or framework where each real entity subject represented in the system is referenced by a main subjective domain where it is the Home Subject (HS) and also by other reference object(s) located in other interacting domains where the real entity is reflected as an object;

one or more main subjective domain instances of the uniform structure, herein referred to as Personal Domains (PD), which are each used exclusively by a HS to capture, locate, access, observe and/or manipulate reference object(s) about the HS'"'"'s subjective self and those other object(s) the HS relates to;

reference object instance(s) which are made up of one or more Input Output Objects (IOO) which are each structured in a uniform way and used to label, describe, symbolize, represent, link to, locate, show, monitor, stage, value, measure, grade, rank, score and/or apportion the object(s) they refer to;

reference object instance(s) that exist in domain(s) or PD(s) in the system and refer to entity(s) that the HS interacts with; and

reference object instance(s), that exist in domain(s) or PD(s) that this home entity interacts with as an object, that refer(s) to this HS.

4. The system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a uniform and modular subject-oriented domain framework or data structure that is universally applicable to managing the interaction(s) of object(s) in a network;

a subjective data framework that enables each object to be managed as a separate or distinct subject, each with its own hub(s) or domain(s) that are and remain independently controlled while simultaneously establishing and enacting interdependent relationships with other concurrently and/or independently controlled subject(s) or hub(s);

one or more Personal Domain (PD) objects that are created by instantiating this subjective framework;

each PD having a reference to a specific Home Subject (HS) which it represents and can be controlled by;

each PD having its own data partition or totally separate and secure repository distributed over one or more separate data location(s);

each PD as exclusively accessible and therefore controllable by one HS super user or their authorized guardian and/or agent;

each PD having one or more sub-domain templates formed according to a uniform and universally applicable domain framework component, herein called an Input Output Object Template (IOOT), that is instantiated for interaction(s) between the exclusive HS and a particular identified main object in its environment;

each complete interaction instance of IOOT(s) that represents interactive behavior recorded with detail on one or more objects, dimensions and perspectives;

uniform format for record(s) called reference object(s) or Input Output Object(s) (IOO) that include(s) a uniform and universally applicable set of field(s) or basic data component(s);

basic data component(s) for IOO object(s) that may include Link ID(s) (LID), Class ID(s) (CID), Label(s), Description(s), Universal Resource Locator(s) (URL), Rank(s), Value(s), Media Type(s), Number Type(s);

LID(s) formatted according to standard protocol that uniquely identifies reference object(s) and links similar or related reference object(s);

bilateral link(s) between particular reference object(s) in PD(s) and reflection PD(s) where the particular reference object(s)'"'"'s referenced object(s) is/are HS(s);

uniform method(s) for uniquely identifying and locating a file and/or class and its instances within certain dimension(s) and path location(s) that combine(s) Class ID or identification(s) (CID) with a Domain Chain(s) (DC);

uniform CID(s) that are or indicate the class and/or file name(s) and identify the multidimensional qualitative and quantitative state(s) of object(s) in the class or file;

uniform DC(s) that uniquely identify specific multidimensional path(s) to or location(s) of one or more particular CIDs and/or IOO(s);

bilateral links between related PD(s), CID(s), IOO(s), DC(s), IOOT(s) and/or real object(s) that enable reference object(s) that are in the domain(s), dimension(s) and perspective(s) in the data structure(s) and/or represented by the data structure to be interconnected and organized in a logical way such that objects are accessible, relatable, traversable, communicable and/or changeable from one interconnected part of the data structure and real object(s) represented to another in one or more of the possible direction(s); and

/or

data about the current state(s) and potential interaction(s) or state(s) in the future of HS(s) and related object(s) that is able to flow through and be updated in certain CID file(s) of this data structure, preferably while past completed interaction(s) or state(s) are archived in other(s).

5. The system according to claim 4, essentially consisting of:

pre-programmed class(s) and method(s) for enabling HS(s) to have exclusive authority to perform at least one of an act of authoring, importing, exporting, creating, defining, encapsulating, abstracting, inheriting, instantiating, storing, accessing, replicating, deriving, morphing, grouping, measuring, processing, evaluating, prioritizing, securing, displaying, sharing, planning, activating, scheduling, actuating, reflecting, aligning, integrating, synthesizing, aggregating, changing, updating, archiving, monitoring, and destroying reference objects in the data structure;

pre-programmed class(s) and method(s) for effecting level(s) or degree(s) of property(s) such as impact, inclusiveness, maturity, diversity, complementariness, intimacy, fluidity, material substance, resourcefulness; and

/or

graphical or other interface(s) that enable(s) HS(s) to do this object and subject-oriented programming and/or control use of other aspects of this invention from location(s) and device(s) with a network connection, with or without needing to script or write codes according to a specific syntax.

6. The system according to claim 5, further essentially consisting of:

asynchronous step(s) over time requiring HS(s) controlling involved PD(s) to plan, propose, review and/or otherwise agree to an interaction before an interaction can be scheduled to be implemented and/or synchronously enacted;

step(s) of data integration template or data pipe creation or production and/or sharing, preferably from generalized levels to more specific levels, to prepare for collection of information that can be shared and integrated, preferably from specialized levels to more general levels; and

/or

steps of data sharing and integration across subject(s), hub(s), domain(s), discipline(s), geographic location(s), time period(s), state(s), culture(s), industry(s), profession(s), group(s) and/or other entities or category(s), according to pre-defined and/or user definable matrices, alignments or relationships.

7. The system according to claim 6, further essentially comprising:

bilateral link interfaces between two bilaterally instantiated and/or reciprocally related reference objects that are related by or in a negotiated partnership, plan or interaction contract such that communication can flow in either direction between related and connected objects in an instantiated network;

steps that enable incremental interaction to be automatically recorded or synthesized in the frameworks or data structures of relevant domains and directly evaluated for its incremental impact on other relevant summary data and resulting recommendations;

methods and steps that enable objects in data structure to be evaluated according to predefined or user defined functions;

rating performance, predicting outcomes and prescribing alternatives via inline analytics and evaluation;

the step of enabling detailed information to be progressively collected, shared and integrated from private to progressively public domains and from specialized levels to more general or abstract levels;

the step of enabling, optionally de-identified, data to be received from other domain(s) that can be generalized with other data about similar interaction(s) that can be aggregated as generalized expertise to compare or evaluate performance, guide performance, share gains;

the step of allowing real object(s) outside the computer operating system that are referred to by reference object(s) to be changed by the Home Subject as a result of modifying value(s) and/or other component(s) of an IOO;

the step of monitoring, through receiving input direct from real object(s) or sensor(s) that measure the state(s) or change(s) in real object(s), change(s) in state of real objects;

the step of archiving, over time, changes in reference objects referring to real objects; and

/or

the step of sharing reputation or experience with other domains without necessarily sharing private information.

8. The system according to claim 7, further essentially comprising the steps of:

automatically or otherwise using result(s) of scientific experiment(s), pseudo-experiment(s), observation(s), experience(s), survey(s), partner polling, expert polling, to recognize and/or evaluate alternative action(s), predict outcomes, determine relative attractiveness, recommend action(s) and/or decide on action(s).

9. The system according to claim 8, further essentially comprising the step(s) of:

enabling asynchronously planned and/or negotiated interaction(s) to be synchronously or otherwise enacted in separate domains and locations.

10. The system according to claim 9, further essentially comprising:

a distributed meta-modeling framework and method that enables multi-perspective understanding to be communicated through complete semiotic treatment between, within or among entity(s) involved in the conception, use and/or development of human(s) and/or their artifact(s);

bi-directional input and output link(s) between related instance(s) or phenotype(s), in data domain(s) and/or part(s) thereof, and class(s) or archetype(s), whether embedded in data about the object instance(s) or in the body of the instance(s) itself, with reference object(s) in data in domain(s), whether in virtual or actual, whether referent(s), word(s), symbol(s) or other reference object(s), in subjective aspect(s) of entity(s) and with the objective aspect(s) of entity(s) that the referent(s) represent; and

/or

implementation by one or more entity(s), HS(s) and/or their representative(s).

11. The system according to claim 9, further essentially comprising:

a computational data structure, ecological model and method for supporting pragmatic collaborative innovation or development, particularly through experiential or experimental use, of human artifacts, language, knowledge, tools, business models, products, services;

the step of creating bi-directional link(s) between referent(s), ID(s), name(s), word(s), symbol(s), brand(s), image(s), data(s), definition(s), description(s), and/or explanation(s), processed, conceived, added, created, used, evolved and/or developed, in real entity subject domain(s), PD(s) of creator(s), actor(s), evaluator(s), innovator(s), user(s), developer(s), and/or beneficiary(s), and other domain(s) or sub-domain(s) with objects representing an evolutionary record of information on past, present and/or future states as well as multidimensional makeup and relationships, both internal and external, of potential and actual archetype(s), idea(s), ideal(s), concept(s), model(s), theory(s), prototype(s), metaphor(s), analogy(s), role(s), template(s), pattern(s), process(s), and/or method(s), that can be referred to by one or more referents, depending on the use context and user choice, to describe the same type of object;

the step of using meta-criteria and contextual data to guide construction and allocation of meaning, merit, worth, and other significance in an actor or use context, between or among particular ontological and metrological attribute values, between or among different components and phases of development;

the optional step of same as above for domains of less animate objects that also need bi-directional links to type domains to adequately communicate meaningfully about the object;

concept or type domain(s) that have reference object(s) for domain(s) that use the home concept and the referent(s) used to refer to the concept;

the step of collecting counts and other statistics for usage context of referent(s), including concept(s) referred to and other factors;

the step of sharing information and merging by concept;

implementing a or each subject'"'"'s changes, options, plans, actions and feedback to impact the meaning and value of objects;

reapplying and/or applying the above steps to additional or each concept(s) and subject(s) or change(s) where each subject'"'"'s use(s) of concept(s) and concept referent(s) in a particular context impact(s) the state(s) and/or meaning(s) of the concept(s), popularity of concept(s) for a given context, and the referent(s) used to describe or reference the concept(s) in various or relevant domain(s) or context(s); and

/or

using this approach to coordinate collaborative innovation in language and other types of human created artifacts.

12. A data structure, protocol and process for managing the at least one of development, integration, coordination, interaction, scalability and performance of a socioeconomic organization, whether at least one of formally, hierarchically or centrally structured or not, that includes a plurality of at least one of at least potentially if not actually independent and at least potentially if not actually interdependent entities, comprising the steps of:

executing, via a processor, executable instructions at least one of into and from stored memory to;

enable a plurality of object entities to each at least one of register and be represented as an independent individual subject entity participant in a common network;

at least one of store, archive and organize data about objects at in at least one of a level(s) of aggregation and dimension(s) of relatedness in a distinct structure and according to a uniform and generally applicable yet individually applied structure where each instance of this structure is at least one of a distinct subset, sub-domain, domain and hub reflecting a unique individual subject'"'"'s at least one of relationship(s), perspective(s), experience(s) and history(s);

store data about real objects in data instances according to the state of these objects relative to the individual or subject the domain or hub is about;

require each individual subject entity at least one of relating, participating, acting and involved in a network to possess at least one instance of said uniform structure dedicated to this individual as a subject of said instance of said uniform structure;

provide authorized access to one or more unique individual domains or hubs through a bi-directional communication interface that reflects and communicates as well as enables at least one of change and transformation of current at least one of actual and potential states of objects related to the individual subject(s);

provide each authorized home individual subject entity with exclusive control of change to potential states of home objects structured in their (home) domain(s) or hub(s) through said interface;

require individual home subject entity to pre-commit to planned change(s) to the domain or hub on an at least one of an opt-in and opt-out basis that entails interaction with one or more other subject entities or hubs before changes or actions are scheduled to take place;

require at least one of multilateral and bilateral negotiation and formation of an agreement with independent subject entities and their domains or hubs before interaction can take place at least one of with, among and between said home subject entities;

enable home subject entity to be able to at least one of flexibly create and modify instances of data structured according to said uniform data structure(s) to at least one of define, describe, classify, contain and store sets of real data objects;

enable at least one of designating, staging and transformation of subsets of said instances of said uniform data structure(s);

encapsulate data about real objects in the prescribed uniform data structure(s) in a domain that are at least one of subsets, partitions, parts, archives, backups, distributions, copies and instances of the whole subject domain'"'"'s contents organized according to the same uniform yet highly adaptive structure as the whole domain or hub;

enable at least one of selection, creation and modification of one or more real data objects as instances of said uniform data structure that represent potential action plans initiated by one home subject entity to be at least one of viewed, evaluated, transformed staged and sent for communication as a proposal to specific other potentially interacting objects that may or may not have their own home domains or hubs organized according to the same uniform yet highly adaptive domain structure;

enable these specific other potentially interacting at least one of entity(s), subject(s), domain(s), and hubs to at least one of view, receive and evaluate said real structured proposals in or from independent domain(s) or hub(s) at their discretion;

enable said viewers, evaluators or recipients to at least one of ignore, view, decline, modify or agree to the proposal and to transform and stage an at least one of affirmation or other response regarding their interest in or agreement to participate in the initiator'"'"'s proposal for communication from their at least one of domain and hub back to the initiator'"'"'s at least one of domain and hub;

enable the initiating subject entity to at least one of view, select and approve the receipt of said at least one of response and affirmation into their home subject domain or hub;

cause the home domain or hub to receive said at least one of response and affirmation;

provide each at least one of authorized individual subject(s), domain(s) or hub(s) with access to control at least one of physical enactment and transformation of one or more unique individual objects through at least one of a bi-directional or other communication interface that at least one of reflects and communicates as well as enables the pre-negotiated change or other transformation to real objects, including but not limited to the exchange or trade of real options, rights, duties, goods and services; and

causing or requiring agreed actions to at least one of automatically and synchronously be at least one of enacted and implemented at the at least one of proposed and agreed time in the plurality of distinct yet then actually interacting at least one of real entities and objects.

13. The data structure, protocol and process for managing the at least one of development, integration, coordination, interaction, scalability and performance of a socioeconomic organization, whether at least one of formally, hierarchically or centrally structured or not, that includes a plurality of at least one of at least potentially if not actually independent and at least potentially if not actually interdependent entities, as presented in claim 12, more specifically comprising of:

enabling a plurality of object entities to each at least one of register and be represented as an independent individual subject entity participant, herein referred to as a Home Subject (HS), in a common network;

at least one of storing, archiving and organizing data about objects in a distinct structure and according to a uniform and generally applicable yet individually applied subject and object oriented data structure(s), herein referred to as a Personal Domain (PD), where each instance of this structure is a distinct domain and reflects a HS'"'"'s at least one of relationship(s), perspective(s), experience(s) and history(s);

storing data about real objects in each PD according to the state of these objects relative to the HS;

requiring each HS at least one of relating, participating, acting and involved in a network to possess at least one instance of this structure or PD that is dedicated to this individual as a home subject of the domain;

providing authorized access to one or more PD through bi-directional communication interface(s) that reflects and communicates as well as enables at least one of change and transformation of current at least one of actual and potential states of objects related to each HS;

providing each authorized HS with exclusive control of change to potential states of home objects such as other objects that are owned by the HS and/or reference objects that represent the HS or its objects, structured in their domain(s) through said interface;

requiring HS to pre-commit to change(s) to said home domain on an at least one of opt-in and opt-out basis that entails interaction with one or more other subject entities before changes or actions are to take place;

requiring at least one of multilateral and bilateral negotiation and formation of a partnership agreement between domains of independent HS(s) before interaction can take place at least one of with, among and between said HS(s);

enabling HS to be able to at least one of flexibly create and modify instances of data structured according to the said uniform domain structure to at least one of define, describe, classify, contain and store domain subsets of real data objects;

enabling at least one of designating, staging, transformation and sharing of subsets of said instances of said uniform data structures or subsets or parts of domain'"'"'s uniform structure with at least one of partners and interacting domains;

encapsulating data about real objects in the prescribed uniform data structures in a home domain or PD that are subsets of the whole subject domain'"'"'s contents and subsets of all the objects that exist in the domain(s) or PD(s) of the HS organized according to the same uniform structure as the whole domain;

enabling one or more real data objects that represent potential action plans initiated by one HS to be evaluated, transformed and staged for communication as a proposal to specific other potentially interacting objects that have their own PD(s) organized according to the same uniform domain structure;

enabling these specific other potentially interacting HS(s) to at least one of view, receive and evaluate these real structured proposals in their or from other PD(s) at their discretion;

enabling said viewers, evaluators or recipients to implicitly or explicitly agree to the proposal and to transform and stage an affirmation of their interest in or agreement to participate in the initiator'"'"'s proposal or action plans for communication from their domain back to the initiator'"'"'s domain;

enabling the initiating HS to implicitly or explicitly approve the receipt of the affirmation into their PD;

causing the PD to receive the affirmation;

providing each at least one of authorized PD(s) and HS(s) with access to control at least one of physical enactment and transformation of one or more unique individual objects through at least one of a bi-directional or other communication interface that at least one of reflects and communicates as well as enables the pre-negotiated change or other transformation to real objects, including but not limited to the exchange or trade of real options, rights, duties, goods and services; and

/or

causing or requiring agreed actions to at least one of automatically, freely and synchronously be at least one of enacted and implemented at the at least one of proposed, allowed and agreed time in the plurality of distinct autonomous yet then actually at least one of interdependent, integrated, unified, free and interacting real entities and objects.