Patent ID: 7158960
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for a computer system including a memory, comprising: storing a plurality of proposed-response statements in response to a humam-user query in the memory; selecting a first set of proposed-response statements from the plurality of proposed-response statements; sending the first set of proposed-response statements for sensory output to a first human user at a first computer client; sending the human-user query for sensory output to the first human user at the first computer client; receiving a first selection of proposed-response statements from the first computer client, wherein the first selection of proposed-response statements is selected from the first set of proposed-response statements by the first human user in response to the human-user query; selecting a second set of proposed-response statements from the plurality of proposed-response statements in response to the first selection of proposed-response statements by the first human user; sending the second set of proposed-response statements for sensory output to a second human user at a second computer client; sending the human-user query for sensory output to the second human use at the second computer client; receiving a second selection of proposed-response statements from the second computer client, wherein the second selection of proposed-response statements is selected from the second set of proposed-response statements by the second human user in response to the human-user query; determining a ranked set of proposed-response statements from the plurality of proposed-response statements in response to the first selection of proposed-response statements by the first human user and in response to the second selection of proposed-response statements byte second human user; and sending the ranked set of proposed-response statements for sensory output to a third human user at a third computer client.