Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Voting machine
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-06
2007-02-06
Le, Thien M. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Voting machine
C235S051000, C235S056000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10953514
ABSTRACT:
A system and method is provided overcoming decision-making and communications errors to produce expedited and accurate group choices. The invention provides collective outcomes that are resilient to communication and decision making errors, and which are provided with a minimum wait time. The system comprises a user interface engine that provides a channel to the features of the present invention, an agenda manager module for creating and presenting questions, a user manager module that controls interactions with user who request questionnaires, submit response data, and request access to analytical results, and a report manager module that identifies collective outcomes that are resilient to error and/or that weight individual votes to optimize the group's performance in producing one or more correct or optimal collective choices. A common data exchange allows communication between the modules.
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Hess Daniel A.
Le Thien M.
McCarter & English LLP
The Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology
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