Patents Assigned to Net Shepherd, Inc.
  • Method and system for distributing a work process over an information network
    Patent number: 6604131
    Abstract: A system and method for distributing a work process on an information network comprises a first subsystem to contract members of a virtual community having access to the information network to perform tasks associated with the work process, the members having an interest in the work process. A second subsystem dispatches tasks to the members requiring the members to evaluate information accessible on the information network and receive the evaluations of the members. A third subsystem processes the evaluations to perform the work process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Net Shepherd, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Warris, William David Paterson, John Wester