Patent ID: 9177290
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining, by one or more processors, a geographic location associated with a participating collaborator of an event; determining, by the one or more processors, a geographic location associated with one or more discussion items, the one or more discussion items are associated with the event; selecting, by the one or more processors, one or more featured discussion items for the participating collaborator of the event based at least upon a geographic relationship between the geographic location associated with the participating collaborator and a geographic location associated with a featured discussion item in the one or more featured discussion items; providing, by the one or more processors, the one or more selected featured discussion items for display to the participating collaborator, wherein each of the one or more selected featured discussion items are associated with a number of previously-received positive votes from other participating collaborators; and receiving, by the one or more processors, information on a positive user vote for a collaborator-selected featured discussion item in the one or more featured discussion items.