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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Natesan Venkateswaran, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Jayapreetha Natesan, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

K. Paul Muller, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Brian Robert Prasky, Campbell Hall, NY (US);

Chunming Lin, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/06 (2006.01); G06Q 50/20 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/0616 (2013.01); G06Q 50/2053 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1053 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product algorithmically analyzes scoring data from a competitive event where the scoring, determined by a plurality of evaluators, is based on subjective criteria. The method receives, and/or determines a scale factor associated with each evaluator. The method adjusts scores awarded by each evaluator, based on respectively corresponding scale factors, to arrive at normalized scores. The method, thereby minimizes influences of biases associated with the evaluators.


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