System and method for optimizing business performance with automated social discovery

Abstract

A system, process and method for automatically collecting, collating and transforming data into useful formats and displaying or otherwise outputting the transformed data into useable information. The system provides outputs that are useful In optimizing the enterprise performance of a business. The system, process and method are grounded in an established logical framework for systematically classifying areas of business concerns.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for presenting data according to the framework of a selected schema, comprising:
 a communications system for network communication with a plurality of data sources;   a query engine connected to the communication system for requesting data from a plurality of data sources;   a database for storing data received from the data sources;   an interpretation engine for transforming data received from the data sources into schema data according to the selected schema; and   a system output engine and user interface for displaying schema data and allowing a user to access the data from the data sources upon which the schema data is based.   
     
     
         2 . The system for presenting data according to a selected schema of  claim 1 , further comprising a mapping engine for mapping data in the database to a selected schema by mapping the selected schema to a master scheme. 
     
     
         3 . A system for presenting data according to a selected schema according to  claim 1 , further comprising a data filter control to allow a user to selectively remove data sources from the displayed data. 
     
     
         4 . A system for presenting data according to a selected schema according to  claim 1 , further comprising a database containing industry data and a comparison engine for comparing enterprise data to industry data and displaying a comparison. 
     
     
         5 . A system for presenting data according to a selected schema according to  claim 1 , wherein the data sources include persons responding to queries through the communication system. 
     
     
         6 . A system for presenting data according to a selected schema according to  claim 1 , wherein the data sources include internal databases responding to queries through the communication system. 
     
     
         7 . A system for presenting data according to a selected schema according to  claim 1 , wherein the data sources include external databases responding to queries through the communication system. 
     
     
         8 . The system for presenting data according to a selected schema of  claim 1 , further comprising an engine for determining the touch, volume, and margin of a business based upon the data sources. 
     
     
         9 . The system for presenting data according to a selected schema of  claim 1 , further comprising a recommendation engine for making recommendations for altering the financial model of a business based upon the data sources. 
     
     
         10 . The system for presenting data according to a selected schema of  claim 1 , further comprising a publication control engine for allowing a user automatically publish content to specified board members. 
     
     
         11 . The system for presenting data according to a selected schema of  claim 1 , further comprising an evaluation engine for evaluating business suggestions submitted from data sources through reference to ratings of the suggestions and data regarding the source and track record of the rating source. 
     
     
         12 . The system for presenting data according to a selected schema of  claim 1 , further comprising a logic engine that produces statistical comparisons between business data. 
     
     
         13 . A system for dynamically generating presentations of data relevant to a selected business analytical schema comprising;
 a communication system comprising hardware that provides end-to-end connectivity according to a communications protocol to allow transmitting and receiving data within the system and between the system and external data sources and users;   data storage for storing data used by the system;   a user interface;   at least one general purpose computer that includes a least one CPU with on board RAM; an input/output system bus; and system memory, the general purpose computer being capable of executing software programs to implement software engines, the computer being in communication with the communication system, user interface, and data storage; the engines implemented including at least at query engine a schematic interpretation engine and a data weighing engine, wherein the query engine is connected to the communication system for requesting data from a plurality of data sources, the interpretation engine and data weighing engine are adapted to transform data received from the data sources into schema data according to the selected schema; and   a system output engine and user interface for displaying schema data and allowing a user to access the data from the data sources upon which the schema data is based.   
     
     
         14 . The system for dynamically generating presentations of data according to  claim 13 , further comprising a decision engine that receives user selection of priorities and preferences and retrieves stored diagnostics to generated and app composed of stored diagnostic queries 
     
     
         15 . The system for dynamically generating presentations of data according to  claim 13 , further comprising a prediction engine for predicting outcomes from separate business problems, the prediction engine using actual responses around specific components and sub-components and predicting responses to other schema queries that have established connections to the queries for which actual responses have been received. 
     
     
         16 . The system for dynamically generating presentations of data according to  claim 13 , further comprising a conversion system for presenting output according to an alternative schema format based on a master schema, the conversion system receiving a user selection as to an alternative schema and input from an analysis agent that defines the components and sub-components of the alternative schema and mapping the components and subcomponents of the alternative schema to the master schema and identification of externalities for which the system must collect data from a source that is relevant to one or more of the alternative schema components, the conversion system prompting the user to approve proposed mapping and the system displaying approved mapped content. 
     
     
         17 . The system for dynamically generating presentations of data according to  claim 16 , wherein the agent is an automated software agent. 
     
     
         18 . The system for dynamically generating presentations of data according to  claim 13 , further comprising a data filter control to allow a user to selectively remove data sources from the displayed data. 
     
     
         19 . The system for dynamically generating presentations of data according to  claim 13 , wherein the data sources include external databases responding to queries through the communication system. 
     
     
         20 . The system for dynamically generating presentations of data according to  claim 13 , further comprising an engine for determining the touch, volume, and margin of a business based upon the data sources.