METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA ANALYSIS

• US 20130157244A1
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eResearchTechnology, Inc. (Explorer Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eResearchTechnology, Inc. (Explorer Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Eger, Jason, McClelland, Jon, Peterson, Dave
• Granted Patent: US 10,276,054 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires

Abstract

Provided herein are systems, methods, and computer readable medium for entering, identifying, and aggregating data for analysis data in an electronic device, wherein the data are from a plurality of multi-participant surveys.

Claims

1. A method for managing data on an electronic device, wherein the data are from a plurality of multi-participant surveys, wherein the data are managed for analysis, the method comprising:

a. entering data from a first participant in a first multi-participant survey into the electronic device, wherein the data from the first participant are identified for analysis as being from the first participant or as being from the first multi-participant survey;

b. entering data from a second participant in a second multi-participant survey into the electronic device, wherein the first multi-participant survey is different from the second multi-participant survey, and wherein the data from the second participant are identified for analysis as being from the second participant or as being from the second multi-participant survey; and

c. aggregating the data from the first participant or the data from the first multi-participant survey for analysis, and aggregating the data from the second participant or the data from the second multi-participant survey for analysis.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording the data from the first participant in the first multi-participant survey and the data from the second participant in the second multi-participant survey on the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is connected to the Internet.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first participant enters the data from the first multi-participant survey into the electronic device, and the second participant enters the data from the second multi-participant survey into the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein a first individual enters the data from the first participant in the first multi-participant survey into the device, and a second individual enters the data from second participant in the second multi-participant survey into the device.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising entering data from at least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 50, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000, or 1,000,000 multi-participant surveys into the device.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of participants participates in the first multi-participant survey and a plurality of participants participates in the second multi-participant survey.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is in electronic communication with a staging data repository.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising transmitting the data identified as being from the first participant in the first multi-participant survey to the staging data repository and transmitting the data identified as being from the second participant in the second multi-participant survey to the staging data repository.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising transmitting the data identified as being from the first multi-participant survey to the staging data repository and transmitting the data identified as being from the second multi-participant survey to the staging data repository.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the staging data repository is in electronic communication with a plurality of study data repositories, wherein the plurality of study data repositories comprises a first study data repository and a second study data repository.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising transferring, from the staging data repository, the data identified as being from the first participant in the first multi-participant survey to the first study data repository and the data identified as being from the second participant in the second multi-participant survey to the second study data repository.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising transferring, from the staging data repository, the data identified as being from the first multi-participant survey to the first study data repository and the data identified as being from the second multi-participant survey to the second study data repository.

27. The method of claim 23, further comprising adding a new study data repository to the plurality of study data repositories, wherein the new study data repository is in electronic communication with the staging data repository.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein the plurality of study data repositories comprise at least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 50, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000, or 1,000,000 study data repositories.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of multi-participant surveys is a plurality of clinical trials, a plurality of market research surveys, or a plurality of political research surveys.

32. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the electronic device to a site, wherein a plurality of participants communicates with the site.

38. The method of claim 23, wherein the data identified as being from the first participant in the first multi-participant survey are transferred from the staging data repository to the second study data repository, further comprising transferring, from the second study data repository to the first study data repository, the data identified as being from the first participant in the first multi-participant survey that were transferred from the staging data repository to the second study data repository.

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39. A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, which, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform:

a. accepting data from a first participant in a first multi-participant survey in an electronic device, wherein the data from the first participant are identified for analysis as being from the first participant or as being from the first multi-participant survey;

b. accepting data from a second participant in a second multi-participant survey in the electronic device, wherein the first multi-participant survey is different from the second multi-participant survey, and wherein the data from the second participant are identified for analysis as being from the second participant or as being from the second multi-participant survey; and

c. aggregating the data from the first participant or the data from the first multi-participant survey for analysis, and aggregating the data from the second participant or the data from the second multi-participant survey for analysis.

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75. A system for managing data from a plurality of multi-participant surveys, the system comprising computer readable instructions for:

a. accepting data from a first participant in a first multi-participant survey in an electronic device, wherein the data from the first participant are identified for analysis as being from the first participant or as being from the first multi-participant survey;

b. accepting data from a second participant in a second multi-participant survey in the electronic device, wherein the first multi-participant survey is different from the second multi-participant survey, and wherein the data from the second participant are identified for analysis as being from the second participant or as being from the second multi-participant survey; and

c. aggregating the data from the first participant or the data from the first multi-participant survey for analysis, and aggregating the data from the second participant or the data from the second multi-participant survey for analysis.

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111. A system for managing data from a plurality of multi-participant surveys, said system comprising:

a. an electronic device, wherein said electronic device comprises;

i. logic for receiving data from a first participant in a first multi-participant survey, wherein the data from the first participant are identified for analysis as being from the first participant or as being from the first multi-participant survey;

ii. logic for receiving data from a second participant in a second multi-participant survey into the electronic device, wherein the first multi-participant survey is different from the second multi-participant survey, and wherein the data from the second participant are identified for analysis as being from the second participant or as being from the second multi-participant survey;

iii. logic for aggregating the data from the first participant or the data from the first multi-participant survey for analysis;

iv. logic for aggregating the data from the second participant or the data from the second multi-participant survey for analysis; and

v. storage adapted to store the aggregated data from the first participant or the data from the first multi-participant survey and the aggregated data from the second participant or the data from the second multi-participant survey;

b. a staging data repository comprising;

i. an interface for communication with said electronic device;

ii. logic for receiving data from said electronic device through said communication interface; and

iii. storage adapted to receive the aggregated data from the first participant or the data from the first multi-participant survey and the aggregated data from the second participant or the data from the second multi-participant survey; and

c. a plurality of study data repositories, where the plurality of study data repositories comprises;

i. an interface for communication with said staging data repository;

ii. logic for receiving data from said staging data repository; and

iii. logic for processing data from said staging data repository.

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