Watertown Software, Inc.

Mark M Piwowarski

Pat A Fontana, Jr

John Paul Gaus

Michael A Morgia

Alex M Morgia

Ralph E Roland

Shawn M Davis

A system and method for algorithmic selection of a consensus from a collection of ideas is disclosed. A group of ideas is provided to a group of participants for voting. Voting may occur in a single round or in several successive rounds, optionally until a consensus idea is chosen. Typically, the votes that are cast use discrete levels, such as 'approve', 'disapprove', &#x201c;positive&#x201d;, &#x201c;neutral&#x201d; or &#x201c;negative&#x201d;. For ideas that receive the same votes, a differentiator may be the time spent casting the vote. A relatively long evaluation time may signal some internal conflict in the mind of the participant, when compared with a relatively short evaluation time, which may signal no such conflict. The evaluation time may be combined with the rating of the participant to form a weighted rating. Consequently, a short evaluation time of a positive rating may yield a more positive weighted rating, while a short evaluation time of a negative rating may yield a more negative weighted rating.

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Ellicott City, MD, United States of America

Mark M Piwowarski