Patents Assigned to Brent, Inc.
  • Method for using collaborative point-of-view management within an electronic forum
    Patent number: 8160970
    Abstract: A method for conducting online discussion and collecting point-of-view information on a topic of discussion that includes displaying a hierarchy of topics, each topic corresponding to a position statement representing a consensus point of view of one or more supporters of the topic. At each level of the hierarchy, topics are ordered based on user-selected attributes of the one or more supporters of the topic. A user is allowed to select a topic from the ordered hierarchy to display the corresponding position statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Brent, Inc.
    Inventor: Brent Allsop
  • METHOD FOR USING COLLABORATIVE POINT-OF-VIEW MANAGEMENT WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC FORUM
    Publication number: 20080120376
    Abstract: A method for conducting online discussion and collecting point-of-view information on a topic of discussion that includes displaying a hierarchy of topics, each topic corresponding to a position statement representing a consensus point of view of one or more supporters of the topic. At each level of the hierarchy, topics are ordered based on user-selected attributes of the one or more supporters of the topic. A user is allowed to select a topic from the ordered hierarchy to display the corresponding position statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: BRENT, INC.
    Inventor: Brent Allsop