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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Overstock.com, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Patrick Michael Byrne, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Susan Park, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Overstock.com, Inc., Midvale, UT (US);
Abstract
A social choice engine is disclosed for eliciting and receiving responses to questions or issues and ranking the responses using the Borda ranking system. The social choice engine provides a user interface to a survey administrator that allows for the defining of the social choice survey. The social choice engine also provides a pick list of possible participants, where the possible participants are members of an online community. To administer the social choice survey, the social choice engine sends electronic notifications to selected participants. The participants respond to the social choice survey through a user interface that includes interactive features. The results of the social choice survey are then displayed to the survey administrator.