Method and apparatus for conducting an information brokering service
CA 2614440 C · Owner: Sermo, Inc. · Inventors: Palestrant, Daniel; Gardner, Graham
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A system and method is provided that provides an early indication of consensus of opinion among a number of users regarding an event or observation indicated by a user. Such an opinion may be interesting to an information consumer who , may be interested in determining the outcome of the consensus relating to the event or observation, or may otherwise desire to perform surveillance or survey of a particular issue or subject. Such recognition of early events or observations may be useful in different areas such as healthcare, finance, etc. where initial observations if provided early, allow resulting decisions to be made much earlier. The opinion may for instance, be used as an early , …
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- Filed July 7, 2006 and granted June 21, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 2026.
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