Questionnaire agency system and method for conducting questionnaire on people who meet conditions
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1. A questionnaire agency system for intermediating a questionnaire client and answerers each having a terminal connected to a network and conducting questionnaire for the client, comprising:
- a database to store answerer information containing individual information about a plurality of answerers;
an input/output unit to input an answerer condition specified by a first client; and
an information retrieval unit to compare said individual information of said answerers contained in said answerer information with said condition to thereby automatically retrieve a first answerer who meets said condition among said plurality of answerers, and to choose said first answerer as a receiver of a questionnaire of said first client.
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Abstract
A questionnaire agency company stores individual information of a number of answerers in a database in a questionnaire agency system. When a client enters desired conditions, answerers who meet the conditions are retrieved automatically. The number of the answerers is presented to the client. When the client approves it, the contents of a questionnaire are sent to the chosen answerers by telephone or facsimile and replies to the questionnaire are collected.
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21 Claims
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1. A questionnaire agency system for intermediating a questionnaire client and answerers each having a terminal connected to a network and conducting questionnaire for the client, comprising:
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a database to store answerer information containing individual information about a plurality of answerers; an input/output unit to input an answerer condition specified by a first client; and an information retrieval unit to compare said individual information of said answerers contained in said answerer information with said condition to thereby automatically retrieve a first answerer who meets said condition among said plurality of answerers, and to choose said first answerer as a receiver of a questionnaire of said first client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A questionnaire agency system which intermediates a questionnaire client and answerers each having a terminal connected to a network and conducting questionnaire for said client, comprising:
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an information retrieval unit to automatically choose a first answerer that meets a condition specified by a first client from a plurality of answerers; and a communication unit to send the contents of a questionnaire of said first client to the terminal of said first answerer chosen by said information retrieval unit. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A questionnaire agency system which intermediates a questionnaire client and answerers each having a terminal connected to a network and conducting questionnaire for said client, comprising:
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communication means for receiving a reply to a questionnaire of a first client from a first answerer who meets a condition specified by said first client, said first answerer being selected from among a plurality of answerers by retrieving a database storing individual information about said plurality of answerers; and collection means for controlling said communication means to transfer said reply to said questionnaire to the terminal of said first client.
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18. A method of conducting questionnaire for a client comprising the steps of:
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creating a database for storing answerer information containing individual information of a plurality of answerers; entering a condition of an answerer specified by a first client; retrieving a first answerer who meets said condition among said plurality of answerers; and choosing said first answerer as a receiver of a questionnaire of said first client. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable storage medium, when used by a computer to conduct questionnaire for a client, used to direct the computer to perform the functions of:
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creating a database for storing answerer information containing individual information of a plurality of answerers; entering a condition of an answerer specified by a first client; retrieving a first answerer who meets said condition among said plurality of answerers; and choosing said first answerer as a receiver of a questionnaire of said first client.
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