Lisa B Cramer

US Patent:

20050060283, Mar 17, 2005

Filed:

Sep 16, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/944495

Inventors:

Gregory Petras - Phoenix AZ, US
Lisa Cramer - Phoenix AZ, US
Andrew Mason - Phoenix AZ, US
Lisa Leonard - Phoenix AZ, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707001000

Abstract:

A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user knowledge about sales related subjects. Described is an Internet-based system for assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of sales related subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings of which sales-related subjects best provide assistance in completing a sale. Also a system for permitting users to access selected functions of the system for creating and viewing subjects from within other software applications.

US Patent:

20040205065, Oct 14, 2004

Filed:

Jul 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/624345

Inventors:

Gregory Petras - Phoenix AZ, US
Jeffrey Zywicki - Scottsdale AZ, US
Flori Parham - Chandler AZ, US
Mark Fisher - Scottsdale AZ, US
Robert Martin - Scottsdale AZ, US
Andrew Mason - Cave Creek AZ, US
Cory Osborn - Phoenix AZ, US
Lisa Cramer - Scottsdale AZ, US
Craig Thompson - Glendale AZ, US
Norman White - Scottsdale AZ, US
Gary Mellott - Littleton CO, US
Kimberly Cameron - Incline Village NV, US
Kory Kredit - Chandler AZ, US
Rachael Thomas - Phoenix AZ, US
Connie Riffel - Mesa AZ, US
Richard Hill - Scottsdale AZ, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/005000

Abstract:

A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural-language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving. Also, a system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user knowledge about sales related subjects. Described is an Internet-based system for assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of sales related subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings of which sales related subjects best provide assistance in completing a sale.