Patent ID: 8219554
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for generating receptivity scores for cohorts, the computer implemented method comprising: identifying a receptivity cohort, wherein the receptivity cohort comprises a set of members and a set of conduct attributes of the set of members, wherein each conduct attribute in the set of conduct attributes describes at least one of a facial expression, vocalization, body language, and social interactions of a member in the set of members, and wherein the each conduct attribute is an indicator of receptiveness to a proposed future change in a set of circumstances associated with the set of members; responsive to receiving events metadata, analyzing the set of conduct attributes and the events metadata to generate a receptivity score for the receptivity cohort, wherein the events metadata describes the set of circumstances associated with the set of members, wherein the receptivity score indicates a level of receptiveness of the set of members to the proposed future change in the set of circumstances; identifying the set of members of the receptivity cohort as receptive to the proposed future change based on a result of a comparison of the receptivity score to a threshold score; and comparing the set of conduct attributes with known patterns of expected conduct associated with a person that is receptive to the proposed future change to generate the receptivity score, wherein each known pattern is assigned a receptivity value, and wherein values for known patterns that match conduct attributes for the receptivity cohort are weighted and aggregated to generate the receptivity score.