Method, apparatus, and manufacture for facilitating a self-organizing workforce

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6952678
APP PUB NO 20040210550A1
SERIAL NO

09944324

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A system, method, and apparatus for facilitating a self-organizing workforce of one or more workers through payment and recognition incentives, a set of configurable operating rules, and a set of credentials to represent the reputations and organizational capital of individual workers. The system includes a worksite having one or more configurable worksite rules where the one or more workers may work on an idea. Work includes posting to a discussion about the idea, voting on the idea, and recommending an outcome for the idea. Worker credentials for each worker are updated based on a worker's work on the idea within the worksite. The worker credentials include merit, which is a measure of the quantity, quality, and significance of work done; links, which is a function of what one worker thinks of another worker's work; wisdom, which reflects the worker's ability to spot a good idea; and, influence, which is a function of merit, links, and wisdom, and which reflects a worker's overall organizational capital within the system.

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REALCOM U S INC2300 130TH AVENUE NE BELLEVUE WA 98005

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jensen, Matthew N Seattle, WA 1 105
Ostema, Lawrence L Denver, CO 1 105
Williams, Daniel F Yarrow Point, WA 10 891

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