Method and system for on-line survey recruitment
First Claim
1. A method for administering on-line surveys on a network including a source of downloadable survey recruitment definitions and a user computer, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the user computer, a Web page including a survey recruitment tag;
acquiring, by the user computer in accordance with processing the survey recruitment tag of the received Web page, a survey recruitment definition, from a networked server, wherein the survey recruitment definition includes executable logic for requesting a survey invitation;
executing, by the user computer, the survey recruitment definition and issuing a request to a survey logic server to specify a survey invitation, wherein the request to the survey logic server identifies a category; and
receiving, by the user computer, the survey invitation, the survey invitation being determined by the survey logic server based upon the category specified in the request and a set of presently active surveys.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for presenting on-line survey invitations to users over a network. The system selectively presents survey invitations to users in accordance with a survey recruitment definition associated with a tag embedded within a Web page (node) downloaded and executed on a user computer. A particular survey is selected from a set of presently active surveys applied by a survey logic server to received requests based upon a category (node ID) provided by a user computer in accordance with the execution of logic contained in the survey recruitment definition.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for administering on-line surveys on a network including a source of downloadable survey recruitment definitions and a user computer, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the user computer, a Web page including a survey recruitment tag; acquiring, by the user computer in accordance with processing the survey recruitment tag of the received Web page, a survey recruitment definition, from a networked server, wherein the survey recruitment definition includes executable logic for requesting a survey invitation; executing, by the user computer, the survey recruitment definition and issuing a request to a survey logic server to specify a survey invitation, wherein the request to the survey logic server identifies a category; and receiving, by the user computer, the survey invitation, the survey invitation being determined by the survey logic server based upon the category specified in the request and a set of presently active surveys. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for administering on-line surveys on a network including:
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a source of downloadable survey recruitment definitions and a user computer including a computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for facilitating performing the steps of; acquiring, in accordance with receiving and processing a survey recruitment tag within a Web page, a survey recruitment definition, from a networked server, wherein the survey recruitment definition includes executable logic for requesting a survey invitation; executing the survey recruitment definition and issuing a request to a survey logic server to specify a survey invitation, wherein the request to the survey logic server identifies a category; and receiving the survey invitation, the survey invitation being determined by the survey logic server based upon the category specified in the request and a set of presently active surveys. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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