Method and tool for surveying an individual or a plurality of individuals and collecting and displaying survey responses

• US 20070111189A1
• Filed: 11/17/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark Nelson
• Original Assignee: Mark Nelson
• Inventors: Nelson, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/601,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20070111189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for providing a survey to an individual by displaying a video, audio, or audio/video presentation and collecting responses to the information display. The survey responses are collected over duration of the presentation and can be displayed along with the information display in a synchronized fashion.

Claims

1. A software enabled tool for surveying an individual or group of individuals comprising:

a device for providing the individual access to a presentation over a period of time;

a scale associated with the device having a maximum position, a minimum position and a neutral position disposed between the maximum position and the minimum position;

a pointer moveable by the individual over the scale to reflect a response to the presentation during the presentation; and

a recording device for documenting the position of the pointer at a plurality of times during the period of time concurrent with the presentation to define a results set of responses.

2. The tool of claim 1 further comprising a display device for simultaneously displaying the presentation and a graphical representation of the results set of responses.

3. The tool of claim 1 wherein the tool has a communicator for sending a communication to a potential surveyee inviting the potential surveyee to participate in the survey.

4. The tool of claim 3 wherein the communication is an email communication.

5. The tool of claim 1 further comprising a counter to count the number of individuals who have viewed the presentation over the entire period of time to define a running total.

6. The tool of claim 5 further comprising a comparator that compares the running total to a preset maximum number surveyees and if the running total is less than the maximum number than the survey will remain available for other potential surveyees.

7. The tool of claim 6 wherein the communicator will be instructed to send a number of communications greater than the maximum number of surveyees.

8. The tool of claim 1 wherein the device is a computer.

9. The tool of claim 8 wherein the pointer can be moved using a member associated with the computer.

10. The tool of claim 9 wherein the member is selected from the group consisting of a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pad, and a scroll wheel.

11. A method for surveying an individual comprising:

inviting the individual to participate in a survey;

providing the individual access to observe a presentation over a period of time;

providing a scale with a maximum value, a minimum value and a neutral value therebetween;

providing a selector for manipulation by the individual for selecting positions on the scale during the presentation;

recording the position of the selector periodically over the period of time; and

repeating the recording step over the period of time to define a results set of responses.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the presentation is of a type selected from the group consisting of an audio visual presentation, a visual presentation, a audio presentation, an odor presentation, a feel presentation.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein access to the presentation is provided by a web-browser software.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the individual is invited to take the survey by an email communication providing the individual with a URL to be entered into the web browser software.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the selector can be moved continuously during the period of time.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the recording step is repeated at least once every five seconds.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the recording step is repeated at least once every second.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the recording step is repeated at least once every ½

second.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein the presentation is provided by streaming video.

20. The method of claim 14 wherein the URL includes a first number to identify the survey and a second identification number to identify the surveyee.