Patent ID: 8032480
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied in a non- transitory computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computers, provides a computing facility that helps a user make a decision by performing the steps of: creating a profile for the user through a sequence of questions presented from the computing facility to the user during a registration process; receiving an initial question at the computing facility from the user; providing the user with a dialogue consisting of questions from the computing facility and answers provided by the user, wherein at least one of the questions from the computing facility is selected based upon the profile; providing the decision to the user from the computing facility, wherein the decision is a single answer to the initial question from the user based on the dialogue, the profile and aggregated feedback from a plurality of users; and receiving feedback from the user to improve the dialogue in subsequent interactions with the computing facility.