Andres R Rodriguez

US Patent:

8438054, May 7, 2013

Filed:

Apr 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/839697

Inventors:

John D. Lowrance - Foster City CA, US
Ian W. Harrison - Brooklyn NY, US
Andres C. Rodriguez - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

SRI International - Menlo Park CA

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 736, 705 729, 705 737, 705 11

Abstract:

In one embodiment, an analytical system for generating and accessing arguments is disclosed. Each argument is associated with a conclusion indicating whether a particular situation will likely have a negative or positive result. One embodiment of the analytical system includes a database for storing a plurality of templates, each template including a plurality of questions which may be answered to generate a particular argument having an associated conclusion that is based on those answers. The analytical system also includes an argument server that includes means for a user to select a template that is most relevant to a particular situation, means for receiving answers to one or more of the selected template's questions such that a new argument is generated having a conclusion based on those answers, and means for associating supporting evidence provided by the user with each answer.

US Patent:

20050033807, Feb 10, 2005

Filed:

Jun 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/874806

Inventors:

John Lowrance - Foster City CA, US
Andres Rodriguez - Santa Monica CA, US
Chih-Hung Yeh - Emeryville CA, US
Ian Harrison - Brooklyn NY, US
Thomas Boyce - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709204000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for facilitating computer-supported collaborative work sessions solicits ideas from participants in a collaborative work session, and then prompts the participants to group the generated ideas into discrete clusters of related ideas. The participants' clusters are then aggregated to form collective clusters that represent overarching themes or ideas generated in the collaborative work session. The collective clusters and the ideas contained therein may be used by an organization, for example to address a specific need or to shape a policy.