Systems and method for conversation management and opinion tracking systems, whereby a conversation management engine can generate on-line conversations based on rules sets such that the generated conversation and the content submitted by participants conforms to a conversation or debate style. The conversation management engine can further implement curation policies that can curate content presented to a conversation such that the presented conversation fits curation rules of the policies. An opinion tracking engine can identify opinions regarding conversation topics based on the submitted contents and detect differences or changes in opinion.
Please help me write a proper abstract based on the patent claims. CLAIM: 1. A conversation management system comprising: a rules database storing a plurality of conversation rules sets each representing a conversation style and having conversation style attributes; and a conversation management engine coupled with the rules database and configured to: obtain conversation criteria having attributes relating to a conversation; use the conversation criteria to identify at least one conversation rules set within the rules database and having conversation style attributes that satisfy the conversation criteria; and configure a conversation interface to present the conversation according to the at least one conversation rules set. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one conversation rules set comprises a custom rules set. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one conversation rules set corresponds to at least one of the following conversation styles: a competitive debate, parliamentary debate, a decision making debate, an Oxford debate, a Mace debate, a Lets debate, a public debate, an Australasia debate, a WUPID debate, an Asian Universities debate, a policy debate, a classic debate, an extemporaneous debate, a Lincoln-Douglas debate, a Karl Popper debate, a simulated legislature debate, an impromptu debate, a mock trial, a moot courts, a public forum debate, and a Paris debate. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the conversation criteria and conversation style attributes adhere to a common namespace. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the conversation management engine comprises at least one of the following computing infrastructures: software as a service, platform as a service, a web service, a virtual server, a cloud-based service, and an application as a service. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the conversation management engine is further configured to automatically select the at least one conversation rules set based on the conversation criteria. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the conversation management engine is further configured to allow a user to select the at least one conversation rules set from a list of candidate conversation rules sets. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein each of the candidate conversation rules sets satisfy the conversation criteria. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the conversation management engine is further configured to instantiate the conversation according to the at least one conversation rules set. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the conversation is instantiated on a third party web platform. 11. The system of claim 9, wherein the conversation is instantiated on the conversation management engine. 13. The system of claim 1, wherein the conversation management engine is further configured to provide conversation content via the conversation interface according to the at least one conversation rules set. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the conversation content comprises at least one of the following types of data: audio data, video data, image data, link data, text data, metadata, rating data, voting data, and ranking data. 15. The system of claim 13, wherein the conversation management engine is further configured to configure the conversation interface to present promotions as conversation content based on at least one of the following: the conversation criteria, the conversation style attributes, and the conversation content.