Trusted sources with personal sustainability for an organization

• US 9,710,785 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2011
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Kumar, Janaki P., Dumpert, Jennifer A., Miller, Garrett F., Stone, Jeremiah E., Arent, Michael A., Longworth, Alys M., Marcus, Aaron, Wigham, Laurie, Thomas, Rebecca L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Davoud
• Application Number:
  US13/273,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20130013684A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,104 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709204, 709206, 705 11, 705 2, 705 726, 705 737, 705 742, 705 141, 705 1412, 705 1427, 705 1436, 705 1439, 705 34, 705 35, 705300, 705320, 703 13, 428 8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method for developing trust in an organization supported tracking system by ensuring that resources in a resource library are collected from trusted sources, and encouraging and tracking participation in organization supported activities designed to achieve a long term goal of the organization. Resources may be submitted by organization members and ranked according to multiple factors including the trustworthiness of the source, the relevance of the resource to the long term goal, or the response of the organization members to the resource. Participation may be encouraged through friendly competition, awards granted for participation, and publication of member accomplishments. Tracking may be facilitated by allowing members to create initiatives and actions related to the long term goal which members may follow and join and then tracking and verifying member participation in those initiatives and actions.

Claims

1. A sustainability tracking system comprising:

a memory for storing a plurality of resources, wherein a stored resource from the plurality of stored resources is one of a link to an online story, an article, a web site, a tip related to using the system, a video clip, an image, an inspiring quote, or a fact related to sustainability; and

a processor configured to receive a comment submitted by a system user, to identify a resource submitted with the received comment, and to select the stored resource from the plurality of stored resources for publication to a plurality of system users;

wherein the identified resource is stored in the memory;

wherein the received comment relates to an established sustainability initiative approved by a system administrator, the established sustainability initiative comprising an initiative record, wherein the initiative record includes a pointer to at least one of the plurality of stored resources, an initiative identification, an initiative name, and an initiative reward;

wherein the system user receives participation points for submitting the received comment based on the initiative reward; and

wherein the stored resource is selected for publication if the identified resource is from a trusted source and has received a predetermined minimum feedback from the plurality of system users and wherein the predetermined minimum feedback includes at least one of a predetermined number of comments, a predetermined number of linked system users of the plurality of system users, and a plurality of positively rated comments.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if the system user that submitted the received comment is a known system user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if the system user that submitted the received comment is an invited system user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if it is submitted by more than one system user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if it is approved by a system administrator.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if a verification comment is received at the processor.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the verification comment is a subsequent comment to the received comment that provides proof of a trustworthiness of the received comment based on the verification comment matching the stored resource.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the verification comment is a comment from a first system user forwarding the identified resource to a second system user.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the verification comment is the subsequent comment to the received comment that positively reviews the resource.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the subsequent comment to the received comment is related to the identified resource is identified by the processor and stored in memory with the identified resource.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the received comment is the identified resource.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor assigns a ranking to each stored resource and wherein the assigned ranking determines if the stored resource is displayed to the system user via a graphical user interface.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the assigned ranking is based at least in part on a trustworthiness of the system user that submitted the identified resource.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the assigned ranking is based at least in part on the subsequent comment to the received comment related to the identified resource received at the processor.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the assigned ranking is based at least in part on feedback from system users viewing the identified resource.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the identified resource is selected for publication only if the assigned ranking is above a predetermined threshold.

17. A sustainability tracking system for ensuring displayed information is from trusted sources comprising:

a memory that stores a plurality of resources for display, wherein a stored resource of the plurality of stored resources is one of a link to an online story, an article, a website, a tip related to using the system, a video clip, an image, an inspiring quotes, or a face related to sustainability;

a server connected to a network, the server configured to;

receive a comment from a system user of a sustainability tracking system via the network, wherein the received comment relates an established sustainability initiative approved by a system administrator, the established sustainability initiative comprising an initiative record, wherein the initiative record includes a pointer to at least one of the plurality of stored resources, an initiative identification, an initiative name, and an initiative reward, wherein the system user receives participation points for submitting the received comment based on the initiative reward; and

transmit elements for display to a client device associated with the system user of the sustainability tracking system via the network; and

a controller configured to;

identify a resource received with the received comment,

store the identified resource in the memory; and

select the stored resource from the plurality of stored resources as an element for display, wherein the selected stored resource is from a trusted source and has received a predetermined minimum feedback from a plurality of system users and wherein the predetermined minimum feedback is at least one of a predetermined number of comments, a predetermined number of linked system users of the plurality of system users, and a plurality of positively rated comments.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if the system user that submitted the received comment is a known system user.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if a verification comment is received at the processor.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to assign a rank to each stored resource and wherein the assigned rank determines if the stored resource is displayed to the system user via a graphical user interface.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the assigned rank is based on a subsequent comment to the received comment related to the identified resource received at the processor.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the assigned rank is based on feedback from system users viewing the identified resource.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the controller selects the identified resource as an element for display only if the rank assigned to the identified resource is above a predetermined threshold.

24. A computer implemented method for collecting resources from trusted sources for sustainability tracking, the method comprising:

receiving at a processor a comment submitted by a system user, wherein the received comment relates to an established sustainability initiative approved by a system administrator, the established sustainability initiative comprising an initiative record, wherein the initiative record includes a pointer to at least one of the plurality of stored resources, an initiative identification, an initiative name, and an initiative reward, wherein the system user receives participation points for submitting the received comment based on the initiative reward;

parsing the received comment at the processor to identify a resource, wherein the identified resource is one of a link to an online story, an article, a website, a tip related to using the system, a video clip, an image, an inspiring quote, or a fact related to sustainability;

assigning a rank to the identified resource based on input from at least one system user, wherein the identified resource with an assigned rank above a predetermined threshold will be available to the system user and wherein the predetermined threshold includes at least one of a predetermined number of comments, a predetermined number of linked system users of the plurality of system users, and a plurality of positively rated comments; and

storing the identified resource and associated rank in a resource repository on a non-transitory computer readable medium.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the received comment is the identified resource.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on a trustworthiness of the user.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on subsequent comments to the received comment related to the received comment.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on other comments related to the identified resource.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein the assigning further comprises adjusting the assigned rank based on feedback from system users viewing the identified resource.

30. A computer implemented sustainability tracking method comprising:

storing a plurality of resources in a non-transitory memory, wherein a stored resource of the plurality of stored resources is one of a link to an online story, an article, a web site, a tip related to using the system, a video clip, an image, an inspiring quote, or a fact related to sustainability;

receiving at a processor a comment submitted by a system user, wherein the received comment relates to an established sustainability initiative approved by a system administrator, the established sustainability initiative comprising an initiative record, wherein the initiative record includes a pointer to at least one of the plurality of stored resources, an initiative identification, an initiative name, and an initiative reward, wherein the system user receives participation points for submitting the received comment based on the initiative reward;

identifying with the processor a resource submitted with the received comment;

storing the identified resource in the memory;

selecting with the processor the stored resource from the plurality of stored resources for publication to system users;

wherein the stored resource is selected for publication if the identified resource is from a trusted source and has received a predetermined minimum feedback from a plurality of system users and wherein the predetermined minimum feedback includes at least one of a predetermined number of comments, a predetermined number of linked system users of the plurality of system users, and a plurality of positively rated comments.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if the system user that submitted the received comment is a known system user.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the identified resource is from the trusted source if a verification comment is received at the processor.

33. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

identifying with the processor a subsequent comment to the received comment related to the identified resource; and

storing the subsequent comment to the received comment in memory with the identified resource.

34. The method of claim 30, further comprising assigning a rank to each stored resource and wherein the assigned ranking determines if the stored resource is displayed to the system user via a graphical user interface.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the selecting includes determining the assigned rank for the stored resource is above a predetermined threshold.

36. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform a sustainability tracking method comprising:

upon receiving at the process a comment submitted by a system user, parsing the received comment to identify a resource, wherein the identified resource is one of a link to an online story, an article, a website, a tip related to using the system, a video clip, an image, an inspiring quote, or a fact related to sustainability and wherein the received comment relates to an established sustainability initiative approved by a system administrator, the established sustainability initiative comprising an initiative record, wherein the initiative record includes a pointer to at least one of the plurality of stored resources, an initiative identification, an initiative name, and an initiative reward, wherein the system user receives participation points for submitting the received comment based on the initiative reward;

assigning a rank to the identified resource based on input from at least one system user, wherein resources with an assigned rank above a predetermined threshold will be available to the system user and wherein the predetermined threshold includes at least one of a predetermined number of comments, a predetermined number of linked system users of the plurality of system users, and a plurality of positively rated comments; and

storing the identified resource and associated rank in a resource repository on a non-transitory computer readable medium.

37. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform a sustainability tracking method comprising:

upon receiving a comment submitted by a system user, identifying a resource submitted with the received comment, wherein the identified resource is one of a link to an online story, an article, a website, a tip related to using the system, a video clip, an image, an inspiring quote, or a fact related to sustainability and wherein the received comment relates to an established sustainability initiative approved by a system administrator, the established sustainability initiative comprising an initiative record, wherein the initiative record includes a pointer to at least one of the plurality of stored resources, an initiative identification, an initiative name, and an initiative reward, wherein the system user receives participation points for submitting the received comment based on the initiative reward;

storing the identified resource in memory; and

selecting a stored resource from a plurality of stored resources for publication to system users;

wherein the stored resource is selected for publication if the identified resource is from a trusted source and has received a predetermined minimum feedback from a plurality of system users and wherein the predetermined minimum feedback includes at least one of a predetermined number of comments, a predetermined number of linked system users of the plurality of system users, and a plurality of positively rated comments.