System for conducting electronic surveys
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1. A process for conducting an electronic survey, said process comprising the steps of:
- creating an electronic survey;
sending said survey to a plurality of users having different types of electronic interface devices; and
accessing user data generated in response to said survey using at least one type of electronic interface device.
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Abstract
A system for simultaneous surveying and data collection from multiple types of electronic communication devices. The invention provides an apparatus and process for (1) creating a survey, (2) simultaneously publishing the survey to respondents via a plurality of types of electronic communications devices, and (3) making the results of the survey available to the creator of the survey via communications devices of the creator'"'"'s choice.
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1. A process for conducting an electronic survey, said process comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronic survey;
sending said survey to a plurality of users having different types of electronic interface devices; and
accessing user data generated in response to said survey using at least one type of electronic interface device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A process for conducting an electronic survey, said process comprising the steps of:
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(a) creating a survey by writing the survey materials and placing the survey materials into a first database as survey input data;
(b) wrapping each element of said survey input data with markup language tags defined in a schema to provide a collection of data in a markup language-wrapped document;
(c) publishing said markup language-wrapped document, wherein said survey input data are in the form of a collection of markup language-wrapped data, by parsing said markup language-wrapped data against said schema;
(d) sending the parsed, markup language-wrapped data in output defined style sheets to a plurality of types of interface devices via suitable communications networks;
(e) receiving survey response data in a second database via suitable communications networks;
(f) publishing the received data by wrapping the received data in a desired markup language document. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for conducting an electronic survey, said apparatus comprising:
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a first database for storing an electronic survey comprised of survey input data;
a publishing engine for sending said survey to a plurality of users having different types of electronic interface devices via suitable communications networks; and
a second database for receiving survey response data from said electronic interface devices via suitable communications networks, wherein said publishing engine further publishes said survey response data for access by at least one type of electronic interface device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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