METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME CLOSED-LOOP COLLABORATIVE INTELLIGENCE

摘要

Systems and methods are for enabling a group of individuals, each using an individual computing device, to collaboratively answer questions or otherwise express a collaborative will/intent in real-time. The collaboration system comprises a plurality of computing devices, each of the devices being used by an individual user, each of the computing devices enabling its user to contribute to the emerging real-time group-wise intent. A collaboration server is disclosed that communicates remotely to the plurality of individual computing devices. Herein, a variety of inventive methods are disclosed for interfacing users in a real-time synchronized group-wise experience, and for deriving a convergent group intent from the collective user input.

主权项

1. A real-time collaborative control system comprising:
a plurality of computing devices each comprising a communications infrastructure coupled to each of a processor, a memory, a timing circuit, a display interface coupled to a display and configured to receive input from a user; a collaborative intent application stored on each memory and configured to run on each processor to:
convey to the user, using the display interface, a group collaboration opportunity,receive, repeatedly in real-time, user input of a user intent vector through the display interface,send, repeatedly in real-time, the user intent vector to a collaboration server,receive, repeatedly in real-time, a group intent vector from the collaboration server, andpresent, repeatedly in real-time, a graphical indication of the group intent vector to the user using the display interface; and the collaboration server in networked communication with the plurality of computing devices, the collaboration server including a processor and a memory, the processor configured to run a collaboration mediation application stored on the memory, the collaboration mediation application configured to:
send the group collaboration opportunity to the plurality of computing devices,receive, repeatedly in real-time, the user intent vector from each of the plurality of computing devices,responsively determine, repeatedly in real-time, the group intent vector from the user intent vectors, andsend, repeatedly in real-time, the group intent vector to the plurality of computing devices; whereby a closed-loop system is formed between the collaboration server and each collaborative intent applications.