Method and apparatus for implementing user feedback
First Claim
1. A method for acquiring user feedback from a user during operation of a computer environment, wherein the computer environment includes an enter feedback mode command that the user may activate to provide feedback and wherein when an enter feedback mode command is received, the method comprises the steps of:
- creating a feedback record in response to a user activating said enter feedback mode command;
recording the user'"'"'s feedback context within a product, process, service, or issue in the feedback record after said enter feedback mode command has been activated, the feedback record being independent of and separate from the product, process, service, or issue;
displaying a multiplicity of attributes that the user may select to identify the nature of the user feedback and displaying a plurality of attribute categories in which the attributes are arranged, each of the categories organizing a plurality of the attributes into a related group to readily describe and categorize the feedback entered by the user, the attributes being arranged in each category as different options for the user to select within each category; and
recording the attributes selected by the user and each attribute category in the feedback record after said enter feedback mode command has been activated, wherein just one attribute in each category may be selected by the user and stored in the feedback record to describe the user'"'"'s experiences as related to the particular category in which the one attribute is included, where the feedback record is available to be evaluated with a plurality of other feedback records by a reviewer who is interested in user feedback so that the reviewer can provide help to the user or improve the product, process, service, or issue, wherein the reviewer'"'"'s analysis of a pattern and distribution of said feedback records in the categories is facilitated by providing the same categories in each of the feedback records.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for implementing user feedback. A user may activate an enter feedback mode command in a computer environment to provide feedback in a feedback interface. A feedback record is created and the user'"'"'s context within a product, process, service, or issue to which the feedback refers is recorded in the feedback record. Attribute icons that the user may select to identify the nature of the feedback are displayed in the feedback interface. Selected attributes, the time at which the feedback is made, the physical location and identity of the user, and comments by the user are recorded in the feedback record. A feedback visualizer for a reviewer for organizing and presenting user feedback receives feedback from users, the feedback being collected and stored in a database. The visualizer identifies a reviewer'"'"'s visualization preferences, which include indications of feedback attributes that the reviewer desires to review. Collected feedback records are then filtered in accordance with the visualization preferences to create a combined set of records that include the records having the preferred attributes. The visualizer graphically displays an indication of the number of records in the combined set. A reviewer can change his visualization preferences, and the feedback records are refiltered and displayed in accordance with the changed preferences. The reviewer can also select a specific feedback record to display message content stored in the record and respond to the feedback.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for acquiring user feedback from a user during operation of a computer environment, wherein the computer environment includes an enter feedback mode command that the user may activate to provide feedback and wherein when an enter feedback mode command is received, the method comprises the steps of:
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creating a feedback record in response to a user activating said enter feedback mode command; recording the user'"'"'s feedback context within a product, process, service, or issue in the feedback record after said enter feedback mode command has been activated, the feedback record being independent of and separate from the product, process, service, or issue; displaying a multiplicity of attributes that the user may select to identify the nature of the user feedback and displaying a plurality of attribute categories in which the attributes are arranged, each of the categories organizing a plurality of the attributes into a related group to readily describe and categorize the feedback entered by the user, the attributes being arranged in each category as different options for the user to select within each category; and recording the attributes selected by the user and each attribute category in the feedback record after said enter feedback mode command has been activated, wherein just one attribute in each category may be selected by the user and stored in the feedback record to describe the user'"'"'s experiences as related to the particular category in which the one attribute is included, where the feedback record is available to be evaluated with a plurality of other feedback records by a reviewer who is interested in user feedback so that the reviewer can provide help to the user or improve the product, process, service, or issue, wherein the reviewer'"'"'s analysis of a pattern and distribution of said feedback records in the categories is facilitated by providing the same categories in each of the feedback records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25)
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20. A feedback interface for collecting user feedback during use of a computer environment, the feedback interface comprising:
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means for creating a feedback record, wherein the feedback record is created when a user inputs an enter feedback command, said feedback command being input during or subsequent to the user'"'"'s experience of a product, process, service, or issue, wherein the user wishes to provide user feedback about the product, process, service or issue; means for automatically determining a user'"'"'s feedback context after the enter feedback command is input; means for displaying an input area on a display screen in which the user is to input feedback data, said means for displaying including; means for displaying a plurality of subject fields describing the feedback context, wherein the user can specify a different context for the user feedback by selecting a descriptive subject for at least one of said fields from a list of predefined subjects provided for each of said fields; and means for displaying a plurality of attributes which the user can select to define the feedback data, said displayed attributes being associated with said context displayed in said plurality of subject fields; means for recording the feedback data, including the attributes and the feedback context, in the feedback record; and means for providing the feedback record to at least one reviewer who is interested in user feedback for improvement of the product, process, service, or issue or to help users of the computer environment. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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27. A method for acquiring user feedback from a user during use of a computer environment and a feedback environment, wherein the computer environment provides an enter feedback mode command that the user may activate to provide feedback concerning a context of a product, process, service, or issue experienced by the user, and wherein when an enter feedback mode command is received, the method comprises the steps of:
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creating a feedback record in response to a user activating said enter feedback mode command, said enter feedback mode command being activated during or subsequent to the user'"'"'s experience of said context when the user wishes to provide user feedback about the context; recording the user'"'"'s feedback context in the feedback record after said enter feedback mode command has been activated; displaying a multiplicity of attribute indicia that the user may select to identify the nature of the user feedback, said attribute indicia being arranged into a plurality of attribute categories, each attribute category including a plurality of attributes; displaying a prompted feedback indicator that is selectable by the user, wherein when the prompted feedback indicator is selected, a list of feedback items that have been previously entered by a plurality of users of the feedback environment is presented to the user so as to enable the user to quickly select and enter feedback that matches any of the listed feedback items and thereby reinforce the importance of the selected feedback item to users of the feedback environment; and recording selected attributes in the feedback record after said enter feedback mode command has been activated, the attributes identifying the nature of the feedback provided by the user, wherein just one attribute in each attribute category may be selected by the user and stored in the feedback record, and wherein the feedback record is one of a plurality of feedback records available to a reviewer of feedback who is interested in user feedback for improvement of the product, process, service, or issue or to help users of the computer environment or the feedback environment. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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