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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
James Ralph Heidenreich, Los Altos, CA (US);
Linda Shawn Higgins, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Ralph Heidenreich, Los Altos, CA (US);
Linda Shawn Higgins, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zxibix, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for facilitating multiple users or groups in thinking about and working collaboratively on an arbitrary problem, Embodiments of the system includes logic to facilitate multiple user or group specification of a problem specification, a conclusion specification, and a knowledge structure, related to the arbitrary problem. Some embodiments of the system further include logic to subdivide and link at least one of the problem specification, conclusion specification and knowledge specification, as for work by individuals or subteams. Some embodiments include automatic composition logic to combine at least one of the problem specification, knowledge specification and conclusion specification across multiple users or teams and other embodiments provide automatic suggestioning regarding the archetype group problem solving process.