Patents Assigned to Health Pro Network, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6240393
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for aggregating and pooling information with feedback in a computer communication system. A communication system includes a server device and a set of client devices. Each client device collects information from an associated individual (whether by asking questions of those individuals, or accepting data input from peripheral devices), and transmits that data to a server device. The server device, or some other device at its behest, determines statistical information with regard to that data (such as aggregate, correlation, dispersion, or other measures), and provides that information to a communication channel for distribution to the individuals. The communication channel can include either (1) a broadcast communication channel that members of an affinity group can display, or (2) redistributing the determined statistical measures to associated individuals using the client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Health Pro Network, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen J. Brown