Methods and apparatus for facilitating creation and use of a survey
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a first application adapted to receive data indicative of a survey and to receive data indicative of an invitee associated with said survey;
a second application adapted to store information regarding contact information for at least one person; and
wherein said first application further is adapted to retrieve contact information associated with said invitee stored by said second application and to provide, using said contact information, an invitation to said invitee to take said survey.
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Abstract
A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code that allow a user or application to create a survey and/or survey template that may be provided to one or more recipients or other invitees. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a person or software application desiring to create a survey can access a survey application (and/or the device on which the application is operating) to create a survey. The survey application may have access to data created or maintained by one or more other applications or systems such as, for example, information regarding people (e.g., names, contact information, roles) who might be invited to take, preview, approve, or otherwise access the survey and/or results of the survey. In some embodiments, other people, applications, or systems may have access to some or all of the results of the-survey. Also, in some embodiments, the survey application may store surveys and results from the surveys in a single table or other central location to facilitate and control access to and security of the surveys and results.
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67 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a first application adapted to receive data indicative of a survey and to receive data indicative of an invitee associated with said survey;
a second application adapted to store information regarding contact information for at least one person; and
wherein said first application further is adapted to retrieve contact information associated with said invitee stored by said second application and to provide, using said contact information, an invitation to said invitee to take said survey. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for facilitating use of a survey, comprising:
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a memory;
a communication port; and
a processor connected to said memory and said communication port, said processor being operative to;
facilitate creation of a survey;
receive data indicative of an invitee associated with said survey;
retrieve data indicative of contact information for said invitee, wherein said data is created by an application outside said system;
provide, using said contact information, an invitation to take said survey to said invitee; and
facilitate access to said survey by said invitee.
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28. A method for facilitating use of a survey, comprising:
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facilitating creation of a survey;
providing data indicative of said survey to a first application, wherein said first application provides an invitation to take said survey to an invitee; and
facilitating access to said survey by said invitee. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A method for facilitating use of a survey, comprising:
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facilitating creation of a survey, said survey having an associated invitee;
retrieving data maintained by an application, said data being indicative of contact information for said invitee;
providing, using said contact information, an invitation to said invitee to take said survey, said invitation including data indicative of a location of said survey; and
facilitating access to said survey by said invitee. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method for facilitating use of a survey, comprising:
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facilitating creation of a survey, wherein said survey has an associated invitee and an associated approver;
providing data indicative of a request to said approver to review said survey;
providing an invitation to said invitee to take said survey, said invitation including data indicative of a location of said survey; and
allowing access by said invitee to said survey at said location. - View Dependent Claims (64)
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65. A method for facilitating use of a survey, comprising:
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facilitating creation of a first survey, said first survey having an associated first invitee;
facilitating creation of a second survey, said second survey having an associated second invitee;
providing an invitation to said first invitee to take said first survey, said invitation including data indicative of a location associated with said first survey;
allowing access by said first invitee to said first survey;
providing an invitation to said second invitee to take said second survey, said invitation including data indicative of a location associated with said second survey;
allowing access by said second invitee to said second survey; and
storing results of said first survey received from said first invitee and results of said second survey received from said second invitee in the same database table.
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66. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for facilitating use of a survey, comprising:
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first instructions for creating a survey, said survey having an associated invitee;
second instructions for obtaining data maintained by an application, said data being indicative of contact information for said invitee;
third instructions for sending, using said contact information, an invitation to said invitee to take said survey, said invitation including data indicative of a location of said survey; and
fourth instructions for providing access to said survey by said invitee.
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67. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for facilitating use of a survey, comprising:
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first instructions for creating a first survey, said first survey having an associated first invitee;
second instructions for creating a second survey, said second survey having an associated second invitee;
third instructions for sending an invitation to said first invitee to take said first survey, said invitation including data indicative of a location associated with said first survey;
fourth instructions for providing access by said first invitee to said first survey;
fifth instructions for sending an invitation to said second invitee to take said second survey, said invitation including data indicative of a location associated with said second survey;
sixth instructions for providing access by said second invitee to said second survey; and
seventh instructions for storing results of said first survey received from said first invitee and results of said second survey received from said second invitee in the same database table.
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