Conducting asynchronous interviews over a network
First Claim
1. A method for conducting interviews, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing data that defines a series of promptings for an interview;
causing a client to execute said series of promptings to conduct a particular interview during which a user interface elicits at least one audio response according to said data; and
generating a digitized audio recording of said at least one audio response.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for asynchronously conducting interviews though a user interface executing on a client. The user interface prompts an interviewee for at least one audio response, which is digitally recorded. User interfaces are generated by a client according to code defining the user interfaces downloaded from a server via, for example, the Internet. The server may be remote from the client, thereby allowing interviewees to interact with the user interfaces on their own computers. The user interface queries an interviewee and the interviewee responds, either by entering text or digitally recording a response using controls supplied by the user interface. The responses are down loaded via, for example, the Internet to a server. Evaluators may review an interviewee'"'"'s response through the use of user interfaces. A user (e.g. interviewer) may specify the format of asynchronous interviews, by providing user input that specifies queries to ask, the manner of asking the queries, and the manner in which an interviewee may respond. Based on the user input, data defining the format of an asynchronous interview is generated and may be stored, for example, on a server.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for conducting interviews, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing data that defines a series of promptings for an interview;
causing a client to execute said series of promptings to conduct a particular interview during which a user interface elicits at least one audio response according to said data; and
generating a digitized audio recording of said at least one audio response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for conducting interviews, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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storing data that defines a series of promptings for an interview;
causing a client to execute said series of promptings to conduct a particular interview during which a user interface elicits at least one audio response according to said data; and
generating a digitized audio recording of said at least one audio response. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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