System and Method for Obtaining Pertinent Real-Time Survey Evidence
First Claim
1. A system for conducting a survey to obtain real-time survey evidence comprisinga host server,a questions database associated with the host server and comprising records representing a survey, each record comprising a question with associated possible answers,a data acquisition device to receive survey questions with associated possible answers and operable by an interviewee to select a response from the possible responses for a question and transmit the response for the question to the host server, anda responses database associated with the host server to store responses to the questions received by the host server in which the responses are associated with the survey.
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Abstract
A system for conducting a survey to obtain real-time survey evidence. It has a host server (12), a questions database (24) associated with the host server (12), and comprising records representing a survey, each record comprising a question with associated possible answers. A data acquisition device (14) to receive survey questions with associated possible answers and operable by an interviewee to select a response from the possible responses for a question and transmit the response for the question to the host server (12). A responses database (26) associated with the host server to store responses to the questions received by the host server (12) in which the responses are associated with the survey.
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10 Claims
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1. A system for conducting a survey to obtain real-time survey evidence comprising
a host server, a questions database associated with the host server and comprising records representing a survey, each record comprising a question with associated possible answers, a data acquisition device to receive survey questions with associated possible answers and operable by an interviewee to select a response from the possible responses for a question and transmit the response for the question to the host server, and a responses database associated with the host server to store responses to the questions received by the host server in which the responses are associated with the survey.
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4. The system according to wherein the data acquisition device comprises keys to permit the interviewee to input selections using the data acquisition device.
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5. A method of conducting a survey to obtain real-time survey evidence using a host server and a data acquisition device comprising
allocating a survey to an interviewee from a questions database associated with the host server, presenting questions with possible responses, that comprise the survey, to the interviewee by the data acquisition device, receiving the interviewee responses via the data acquisition device at the host server, storing the interviewee responses in a responses database in a record, and associating the record with the survey.
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6. The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises
receiving the interviewee responses for all the questions in the survey as a single data package.
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