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Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070135944

Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing status of a process

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#14User Moderated Electonic Conversation Process

Applies to Claims 1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,2,20,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Submitted by: Mark NowotarskiCreated: about 1 year ago

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Summary / Description

Summary / Description	A method and apparatus for initiating and controlling an electronic conversation

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Type of Prior Art	Issued Patents - US

Country	United States of America

Patent/Application #	6,823,363

Kind Code	United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A

Patentee Name	Noveck et al.

Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines	Fig 12

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Filing Date	November 23, 2004

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Notes	I think with a little creativity we can anticipate all of the claims with this reference.

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An apparatus for providing a summary for at least one process of a system, the apparatus comprising:

a block object for accepting input data descriptive of the at least one process and for grouping as a block at least one variable of the input data with at least one attribute for the variable; and a display client for reading the block and producing output to display the summary for the at least one process.

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process = “electronic conversation” (C1 L5) (column 1 line 5 et seq. of ‘363) block object = “program module 22” (C2 L60) input data = “input template screen 40” (C5 L1) at least one variable = message of User 1 (F12 I 85) (Figure 12, item 85) at least one attribute of variable = “I think the war in Kosovo is wrong” (F12 I85) display client = server computer 12 (C2 L60)

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, wherein the input data comprises at least one of historic data, predictive data, improved data, calculated data, derived data, reference data, real-time data, approximately real-time data, data collected by system sensors, operational data, manual input data and projected data.

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"manual input data" = “I think the war in Kosovo is wrong” (F12 I85)

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, wherein the at least one attribute comprises at least one of a member name, a display name, a type, a display changeable status and a visibility option.

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"member name" = “User 1” (F12 I85)

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The apparatus as in Claim 3, wherein the type comprises a type for indicating one of an actual value, a set-point, an estimated value, an upper bounds and a lower bounds.

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"member name" = “User 1” (F12 I85) still anticipates claim 4 since claim 4 depends upon claim 3. Additional specificity on “type” is irrelevant.

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The apparatus as in Claim 3, wherein the type comprises a type for initiating one of an optimization estimation, a flagging for multi-variable control, and a flagging for viewing.

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ditto claim 4

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, wherein the block further comprises information of at least one of a rule result, a predictor result, and an estimation result.

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"rule result" = “electronic gavel 83” (C5 L40)

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The apparatus as in Claim 6, wherein the information comprises information descriptive of at least one of engineering principles, probability assessments, weighting factors, physical properties, system dynamics and prior system performance.

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"system dynamics" = “timer 1094” (C6 L5)

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, wherein the system comprises one of an industrial system, a power plant and a medical setting.

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“medical setting” = “abortion” discussion (C3 L65)

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, wherein the block object comprises a user interface for selecting the at least one variable and the at least one attribute.

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“user interface” = chat main menu Figure 12

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The apparatus as in Claim 9, wherein the user interface comprises at least one of a graphical user interface (GUI), a control tree structure and a tag listing.

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"graphical user interface" = “browser program 20” (C2 L60)

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, wherein the display client comprises a context menu for customizing the appearance of the output.

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"context menu" = chat main menu Figure 12

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, comprising at least one of a computer system, a network, at least one sensor, a server, a display system and a remote access.

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"network" = “network 16” (C2 L55)

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The apparatus as in Claim 1, wherein the apparatus is an enhancement to an existing system.

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"existing system" = “chat room” (C1 L20)

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A method for providing a summary for at least one process of a system, the method comprising:

selecting a block comprising at least one variable descriptive of the process with at least one attribute for the variable;

using a display client, reading the block to produce output; and,

displaying the output as the summary for the at least one process.

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See claim 1

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The method as in Claim 14, further comprising creating the block by using a block object to select the at least one variable and the at least one attribute.

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use block object to select = “The moderator controls the queue” C7 L15

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The method as in Claim 14, wherein providing comprises at least one of a continuous basis, about a real-time basis, a periodic basis and a frequent basis.

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real time basis = “communicate with one another in real time over the network 16” C2 L65

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The method as in Claim 14, wherein displaying comprises using at least one of a bar graph, a trend plot, a histogram, a pie chart, a line graph, a scatter graph, a performance plot and a pareto plot.

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histogram = participant window 93 ( C5 L15) and (F12 I 93)

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The method as in Claim 17, wherein the bar graph comprises at least one of a bar graph drawing area, a numeric display, an attribute information area, a status information area, a bar graph title, and at least one sidebar arrow indicator.

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Histogram anticipating claim 17 still anticipates claim 18. Greater specificity on bar graph is irrelevant.

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The method as in Claim 18, wherein the displaying further comprises accepting a user input for modifying properties of the display.

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accept user input to modify display = “the queue is controlled at step 230 by the moderator” C6 L30.

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An apparatus for providing a summary for at least one process of a system, the apparatus comprising:

means for accepting input data descriptive of the at least one process and for grouping as a block at least one variable of the input data with at least one attribute for the variable; and display means for reading the block and producing output to display the summary for the at least one process.

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