Patent ID: 7155510

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a server computer having a processor for executing computer instructions and a memory coupled to said processor for storing instructions and data during processing; a communications port for coupling with an external communications link or network adapted to support communications between said server computer and devices external to said server computer, said communication link or network enabling receipt of first raw contributed information from a plurality of external first entities and for transmitting second consensus collective information to any of said external first entities or to external second entities; a data store defining a database for storing said first raw contributed information and said second consensus collective information; and a computer program having a plurality of executable command instructions and executing in said processor and said memory for generating said second consensus collective information from at least some of said plurality of first raw contributed information; said first raw contributed information comprising a plurality of individual raw contributed information items each generated by an external human contributor and received by the server over said communications link or network; and said second consensus collective information generated from said plurality of individual raw contributed information items by weighting each of each said individual raw contributed information items according to an objective accuracy measure and aggregating said weighted raw contributed individual information items, and having an increased value by virtue of the accuracy provided by the objective accuracy-based weighted consensus collective aggregation of the plurality of individual raw contributed information items.