Patent ID: 8095492
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer system that is operable for automatically recommending influence actions to a user comprising: a processor; an interface for receiving situation data regarding a situation and a desired outcome; an interface for receiving actor data regarding one or more human actors that have a relationship to said situation; wherein said actor data comprises, for one or more of said human actors, a favorability value indicating favorability of an actor to said desired outcome; wherein said actor data comprises, for one or more of said human actors, an importance value indicating importance an actor holds towards said situation or said desired outcome; wherein said importance value and said favorability value define a two-dimensional space; wherein data indicators representing said one or more human actors are placed in said two-dimensional space according to favorability values and importance values for said actors; a data store for storing data regarding said situation and said plurality of human actors; a predetermined recommendations database comprising a predetermined set of influence actions applicable to one or more of said actors, said influence actions each directed to adjusting importance or favorability of one or more of said actors towards said desired outcome; a rule set analysis module using said situation data and said actor data to select influence actions applicable to actors from said predetermined recommendations database, said rule set analysis module using said importance value and said favorability value of an actor for selecting a recommended influence action for that actor; and; a presentation interface for presenting, to said user, one or more recommended influence actions applicable to one or more of said actors.