Processes and systems for collaborative manipulation of data

摘要

Processes and systems are disclosed for accessing and providing information obtained from a source. The processes and systems allow for accessing data stored in an electronic storage medium and providing a first set of information derived from the data stored in the storage medium. The processes and systems also provide a second set of information comprising detail data underlying the summary data.

主权项

1. A process for accessing and providing information obtained from a source comprising:
accessing data stored in an electronic storage medium; responsive to an input, providing, from storage medium, summary data and a confidence in the summary data; wherein the confidence is based in a degree of consensus or contentiousness related to the summary data and represents the likelihood that the summary data is correct; and responsive to an input, providing detail data underlying the summary data, wherein the detail data comprises potential values for the summary data, and wherein the summary data represents a summary of the potential values and has been determined based on the potential values, and wherein the summary data comprises a value selected from the potential values in the detail data based on a confidence level associated with at least one of the potential values in the detail data.