SURVEY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING PRESENTATION MATERIAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PLUG-IN PROGRAM STORED THEREIN FOR GENERATING THE PRESENTATION MATERIAL

• US 20150178287A1
• Filed: 06/07/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDS (China) Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Dong Kyeong, Song, Seong Keun, Kim, Eun Seon, Kim, Young Sang, Lee, Seung Ho
• Application Number:
  US14/408,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178287A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls

Abstract

Provided are a survey system and method using presentation material, and a storage medium having a plug-in program stored therein for generating the presentation material. The computer-readable storage medium according to the present invention stores a computer program therein, which computer program includes a plug-in module for plugging a first graphic user interface (GUI) item into a GUI of a predetermined presentation application which is pre-installed in an object computer, in order to add a survey control object to a predetermined slide, wherein said survey control object includes a survey start button; and a survey execution module for transmitting, to a survey service server, a survey start signal for requesting the server to send survey content corresponding to the survey control object to a survey subject terminal, if the survey start button is selected during a slide show of the presentation material made using the presentation application into which the first GUI item is plugged.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium with a computer program stored therein, the storage medium comprising:

a plug-in module which plugs a first graphic user interface (GUI) item for adding a polling control object including a polling start button to a predetermined slide, in the GUI of a predetermined presentation application preinstalled in an installation target computer and operates in preparing a presentation material; and

a polling execution module which transmits a polling start signal for requesting transmission of polling contents corresponding to the polling control object to a polling subject terminal to a polling service server when the polling start button is selected while slide-showing the presentation material prepared by using the presentation application which the first GUI item is plugged in,

wherein the polling start button selected during the slide show is included in the polling control object added to the slide of the presentation material by operating the first GUI item.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the polling control object further includes a polling end button, and

the polling execution module transmits to the polling service server a polling end signal for requesting to stop reception of an answer for the polling contents corresponding to the polling control object when the polling end button is selected while slide-showing the presentation material prepared through the application.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the polling control object further includes an answerer information display region, and

the polling execution module receives answerer information including the number of answerers from the polling service server to update information displayed in the answerer information display region simultaneously with the reception.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the polling control object further includes a polling reset button, and

the polling execution module transmits to the polling service server a polling reset signal for requesting retransmission of the polling contents corresponding to the polling control object to the polling subject terminal and initializing polling answer data when the polling reset button is selected while slide-showing the presentation material prepared through the application.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the polling execution module initializes polling result contents and displays the initialized polling result contents to a predetermined slide included in the presentation when the polling reset button is selected while slide-showing the presentation material prepared through the application.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the plug-in module further plugs a second GUI item for adding a countdown object to a predetermined slide in the GUI of a predetermined presentation application preinstalled in the installation target computer, and

the polling execution module displays a countdown on the predetermined slide included in the presentation when the countdown object is selected while slide-showing the presentation material prepared through the application and transmits to the polling service server a polling end signal for requesting to stop reception of an answer for polling contents corresponding to the countdown object when a countdown is completed.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the plug-in module further plugs a third GUI item for adding a polling result display object to a predetermined slide in the GUI of the predetermined presentation application preinstalled in the installation target computer, and

the polling execution module receives from the polling service server answer data provided from the polling subject terminal to the polling service server and reflects and displays the answer data onto the polling result display object.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the polling execution module updates the answer data reflected onto the polling result display object whenever the answer data input by respective polling subjects are received from the polling service server in real time.

9. A program providing server comprising:

a storage unit storing a polling plug-in program including a plug-in module which plugs a first graphic user interface (GUI) item for adding a polling control object including a polling start button to a predetermined slide, in the GUI of a predetermined presentation application preinstalled in an installation target computer and operates in preparing a presentation material, and a polling execution module which transmits a polling start signal for requesting transmission of polling contents corresponding to the polling control object to a polling subject terminal to a polling service server when the polling start button is selected while slide-showing the presentation material prepared through the application; and

a communication unit transmitting the polling plug-in program to the installation target computer,

wherein the polling start button selected during the slide show is included in the polling control object added to the slide of the presentation material by operating the first GUI item.

10. A polling service server comprising:

a communication unit receiving, from a presentation terminal slide-showing a presentation material by using a presentation application, a polling start signal generated as a polling start button included in polling contents and the presentation material;

a polling subject management unit registering as a polling subject terminal one or more terminals that respond to a probe signal broadcasted by a probe signal transmitting device installed at a presentation place; and

a polling progress unit transmitting through the communication unit the polling contents or reformat contents of the polling contents to the polling subject terminal registered by the polling subject management unit in response to reception of the polling start signal and transmitting data regarding the answer to the presentation terminal when receiving a polling answer from the polling subject terminal,

wherein the presentation material is prepared by using the presentation application in which a GUI item for adding the polling control object including the polling start button to a predetermined slide is plugged, and

the polling start button selected during the slide show is included in the polling control object added to the slide of the presentation material by operating the plug-in GUI item.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the probe signal transmitting device periodically broadcasts the probe signal, and

the polling subject management unit excludes a terminal that does not respond to the probe signal at a predetermined number of times or more among the terminals registered as the polling subject terminal from the polling subject terminal.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

a polling viewer storing unit storing viewer application installation data for polling reception and response,

wherein the communication unit provides the viewer application installation data to a terminal that responds to the broadcasting signal transmitted by the probe signal transmitting device.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the communication unit receives a polling end signal generated as a polling end button included in the presentation material is selected, from the presentation terminal, and

the polling progress unit stops receiving the answer from the polling subject terminal when receiving the polling end signal.

14. A polling method using a presentation material, the polling method comprising:

distributing, by a program providing server, a polling plug-in program including a plug-in module which plugs a first graphic user interface (GUI) item for adding a polling control object including a polling start button to a predetermined slide, in the GUI of a predetermined presentation application preinstalled in an installation target computer and a polling execution module which transmits a polling start signal for requesting transmission of polling contents corresponding to the polling control object to a polling subject terminal to a polling service server when the polling start button is selected while slide-showing the presentation material including one or more slides prepared to include the polling control object by operating the first GUI item; and

transmitting, by a polling service server, when a polling start request signal generated as a polling start button included in the polling control object is selected while slide-showing the presentation material and polling contents from a terminal that performs the slide show, the polling contents or reformat contents of the polling contents to a predetermined polling subject terminal.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising:

before the transmitting the polling start request signal and the polling contents to the predetermined polling subject terminal,

broadcasting, by a probe signal transmitting device installed at a presentation place, a probe signal;

registering, by the polling service server, at least some of one or more terminals that respond to a broadcasting signal transmitted by the probe signal transmitting device as the predetermined polling subject terminal; and

transmitting, by the polling service server, viewer application installation data for polling reception and response to the predetermined polling subject terminal.