SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR INTERACTIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT

• US 20100325144A1
• Filed: 04/22/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Triage LLC
• Original Assignee: Triage LLC
• Inventors: Fischer, Brandon, Cuzzort, Adam
• Granted Patent: US 8,819,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536

Abstract

Data collection and assessment systems and processes for delivering a personalized experience to a user by gathering information from the user through a dynamic interface, performing detailed analyses based on the data collected, identifying the most probable user-specific outcome(s), and providing relevant feedback and analyses based on the most probable user-specific outcome identified. Embodiments of the described system and process also comprehensively track and store user data, thereby enabling the highest levels of user status supervision, client relations and efficiency.

Claims

1. A system for providing interactive data collection and assessment, the system comprising:

at least one application comprising a core application logic and at least one module, each of the at least one modules defining two or more steps with at least one of the steps configured to collect data from a user, and the core application logic is adapted to evaluate the collected data, derive one or more result values, and execute the steps of each module in a customized sequence pursuant to the one or more result values;

a server network adapted to execute the at least one application and comprising at least one database accessible by the at least one application; and

at least one network accessible device adapted to interface with the server network and configured to display one or more graphic user interfaces associated with the at least one module of the application.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the at least one application is adapted to store the collected data in one or more of the at least one databases of the server network.

3. The system of claim 1 in which each step of the module is selected from the group consisting of a data collection-type step, an informative-type step, a calculation-type step, and a combination data collection-type and informative-type step.

4. The system of claim 1 in which at least one of the graphic user interfaces associated with the at least one module of the application comprises an audio and video component.

5. The system of claim 4 in which a first step of the module comprises an audio and video component comprising a first content, a second step of the module comprises an audio and video component comprising a second content, and the core application logic is adapted to select between executing the first step and the second step based on the result value.

6. The system of claim 1 in which at least one of the modules comprises a decision logic.

7. The system of claim 2 in which at least one of the modules comprises an assessment module adapted to access the collected data stored in a database, evaluate the collected data using a test to derive the result value, and determine the customized sequence of the steps of the assessment module based on the result value.

8. The system of claim 7 in which the test comprises a conditional statement logic or a formula.

9. The system of claim 7 in which the assessment module comprises a risk assessment module for use in a medical field and the collected data comprises health-related parameters.

10. The system of claim 1 in which one or more of the databases of the server network comprises an external database.

11. The system of claim 1 in which the database comprises a knowledge base comprising data benchmarks.

12. The system of claim 11 in which the application is adapted to evaluate the collected data against the data benchmarks of the knowledge base and present the result value to the user through the graphic user interface.

13. The system of claim 1 in which one or more of the applications comprises a custom business logic application adapted to analyze the collected data, interface with and retrieve third-party data related to the collected data from a third-party application or a third-party database, and integrate the third-party data into one or more steps of a module of the application.

14. The system of claim 13 in which the third-party data comprises an advertisement and at least one of the two or more steps of the module displays the advertisement to the user through the graphic user interface.

15. The system of claim 1 in which at least one of the modules is adapted to receive an inquiry from the user, categorize the inquiry according to pre-defined variables, and assign the inquiry to a resource associated with the identified category.

16. A process for data collection and assessment, the process comprising the steps of:

providing a data collection and assessment system comprising at least one module having a plurality of steps;

requesting a first response value from a user through a first step of the module;

receiving the first response value;

evaluating the first response value using a first test to derive a first result value;

advancing to a second step of the module, the second step comprising a first content based on the first result value;

requesting a second response value from the user through the second step of the module;

receiving the second response value;

evaluating the second response value using a second test to derive a second result value; and

advancing to a third step of the module, the third step comprising a second content based on the first result value, the second result value, or both.

17. The process of claim 16, further comprising the step of assessing if the first input value is a user metric and, if so, storing the user metric in one or more databases associated with a record of the user.

18. The process of claim 16 in which the second step of the module comprises an audio and video component having the first content.

19. The process of claim 16 in which at least one of the first and second tests are selected from the group consisting of a formula, a conditional statement, and a range comparison of benchmark data values.

20. The process of claim 16 in which the step of evaluating the second response value using a second test to derive a second result value further comprises evaluating if the second result value is true, if so, advancing to the third step of the module, and, if not, advancing to a fourth step of the module, the fourth step having a third content based on the second result value.

21. The process of claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

interfacing with a third-party business logic application;

identifying content of a third-party business logic application based on the first result value; and

displaying the content of the third-party business logic application in connection with the second step of the module.