METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE FOR OPINION POLLING
First Claim
1. A method of polling employing bidirectional wireless communications devices operating in a bidirectional wireless communications medium and at least one other media, the method comprising:
- presenting a series of queries in at least a first medium different from the bidirectional wireless communications medium;
receiving responses to various ones of the queries at least partially via the bidirectional wireless communications medium; and
computationally associating the received responses with specific ones of the queries.
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Abstract
Polling questions and a fixed set of answers are provided in a first form of media with an expected geographic distribution. A standard graphical user interface with a predefined set of user-selectable icons is provided in a second form of media such as a bidirectional wireless communications device such as a cellular phone. The user interface allows a user to respond to polling questions with a simplified entry such as by scrolling to one of the icons and selecting. Response to a polling question may be confirmed and an incentive may be provided such as a cash or service reward or results of the poll.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of polling employing bidirectional wireless communications devices operating in a bidirectional wireless communications medium and at least one other media, the method comprising:
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presenting a series of queries in at least a first medium different from the bidirectional wireless communications medium;
receiving responses to various ones of the queries at least partially via the bidirectional wireless communications medium; and
computationally associating the received responses with specific ones of the queries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A polling system, comprising:
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communications means for receiving responses originated from a plurality of bidirectional wireless communications medium to various ones of a plurality of queries posed in a first medium different from a bidirectional wireless communications medium employed by the bidirectional wireless communications devices; and
computational means for computationally associating the received responses with specific ones of the queries. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A processor-readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to implement a user interface for polling on a bidirectional wireless communications device, by:
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in response to repeated user inputs over time of a first user input type, repeatedly displaying a set of icons on a display of the bidirectional wireless communications device, a quantity of icons in the set of icons being equal to a quantity of responses in each of a plurality of sets of responses to a respective query of a plurality of queries and all of the icons in the set of icons being displayed each time, the queries and the sets of responses posed in a form of media different from a bidirectional wireless form of media employed by the bidirectional wireless communications device, and the icons being displayed without displaying of the queries or specific ones of the responses on the display of the bidirectional wireless communications device, the icons being user identifiable and user selectable icons;
determining whether a user input is an icon identifying input or an icon selection input; and
transmitting a wireless message from the bidirectional wireless communications device that includes an indication of the selected one of the set of icons in response to a determination that that the user input is the icon selection input. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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