User interfaces for determining the reaction of a group with respect to a set of elements

• US 9,182,891 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Appgree SA
• Original Assignee: Appgree SA
• Inventors: Adarraga, Juan Moran
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lu, Hua
• Application Number:
  US13/646,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods that provide knowledge about a reaction (e.g. interest) of a group (normally of people) with respect to a set of elements, wherein each group member can react in a different manner. Assuming that the group is accessible by electronic means (e.g. Internet) this system may be based on a group response algorithm to estimate group reaction minimizing workload of group members and minimizing the time needed.

To minimize or reduce group members'"'"' workload and time, the algorithm uses statistic tools. The group response system estimates group reaction with previously set statistic reliability.

The present invention can use too in some cases, secondary algorithms for specific cases.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for an individual respondent to utilize a graphical user interface (GUI) to provide a reaction to at least one option to which a response is requested, wherein the individual respondent is from a respondent subset that is one of a plurality of respondent subsets taken from a respondent set and the at least one option is from an option subset that is one of a plurality of option subsets taken from an option set, the method comprising:

(a) the individual respondent receiving, on the GUI on an electronic display, the option subset comprising the at least one option to which the response is requested, wherein a total number of options in the option subset received by the individual respondent is equal to or less than half of a total number of options in the option set; and

(b) the individual respondent providing, with the aid of the GUI, a reaction of the individual respondent in response to the at least one option in the option subset received by the individual respondent in (a),

wherein, in (a), the option subset that is received by the individual respondent on the GUI is not determined by the individual respondent,

wherein the option set comprises a plurality of options, and each of the plurality of options is provided for evaluation to at least one respondent in the respondent set, and

wherein, in (a), the individual respondent receives fewer than all of the plurality of options.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, in (a), the individual respondent receiving the option subset comprising the at least one option to which the response is requested comprises receiving each of the at least one option to which the response is requested simultaneously on the GUI.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, in (a), the individual respondent receiving the option subset comprising the at least one option to which the response is requested comprises receiving each of the at least one option to which the response is requested sequentially on the GUI.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, in (a), the individual respondent receiving the option subset comprising the at least one option to which the response is requested comprises receiving textual information, graphical information, and/or audio information soliciting a response from the individual respondent.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic display is provided on a mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the GUI is displayed on an entirety of the electronic display of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual respondent providing the reaction includes providing, through the GUI, an indication of whether the individual respondent accepts or rejects each of the at least one option to which the response is requested.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying on the GUI buttons that are adjacent to one another through which the individual respondent provides the indication of whether each of the at least one option to which the response is requested is accepted or rejected.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one option to which the response is requested in the option subset is different from all other options of all other option subsets of the option set.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising inferring, with aid of a computer processor, a statistical estimation of the reaction of the respondent set to each and every option in the option subset.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the inferring is based on a selected analysis of respondent reactions in respective respondent subsets to option subsets assigned to each of the respective respondent subsets.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the GUI displays information to the individual respondent about the selected analysis to be conducted using the respondent reactions, prior to giving the individual respondent the opportunity to provide a reaction.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting, with aid of GUIs on electronic displays, the query to a plurality of respondent in a response sample group, wherein the response sample group is a subset of the respondent set;

receiving, on the GUIs, a plurality of potential responses to the query from the plurality of respondent within the response sample group; and

creating, with aid of a processor, the option set comprising a plurality of options, wherein the plurality of options are the plurality of potential responses.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

(a) receiving, with aid of the GUI, a query from the individual respondent to be presented to a query sample group, wherein the query sample group is a subset of the respondent set;

(b) presenting to the query sample group, on GUIs, the query from the first respondent;

(c) receiving, on the GUIs, reactions to the query from respondent within the query sample group; and

(d) determining, with aid of a programmable processor, if the query sample group response to the query includes an acceptance rate that exceeds a predetermined threshold based on the reactions.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined threshold comprises an approval threshold.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein, in (a), the GUI includes a field that solicits textual, video, and/or audio information from the individual respondent, the textual, video, and/or audio information comprising the query.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein, in (b), the acceptance rate is determined by presenting the query to each respondent in the query sample group on a GUI.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the GUIs for the query sample group display at least one reaction option through which the respondent within the query sample group provide the reactions.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one reaction option comprises a visual representation of an option to approve the query, and a visual representation of an option to not approve the query.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the GUIs include at least one open field through which the respondent may provide the plurality of potential responses in free form.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual respondent cannot access all of the plurality of option subsets.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein, in (a), the option subset that is received by the individual respondent on the GUI is a random selection of options from the option set.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein, in (b), the GUI is configured such that the individual respondent may provide the reaction in response to the at least one option in the option subset that is received by the individual respondent in (a) and may not provide the reaction in response to other options in the option set that are not in the option subset that is received by the individual respondent.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual respondent is part of a random sample of respondent.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual respondent is a user.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual respondent is an agent acting on behalf of a user or computer.

27. A computer-implemented method for an individual respondent to utilize a graphical user interface (GUI) to provide a reaction to at least one option to which a response is requested, wherein the individual respondent is from a respondent subset that is one of a plurality of respondent subsets taken from a respondent set and the at least one option is from an option subset that is one of a plurality of option subsets taken from an option set, the method comprising:

(a) the individual respondent receiving, on the GUI on an electronic display, the option subset comprising the at least one option to which the response is requested, wherein a total number of options in the option subset received by the individual respondent is equal to or less than half of a total number of options in the option set; and

(b) the individual respondent providing, with the aid of the GUI, a reaction of the individual respondent in response to the at least one option in the option subset received by the individual respondent in (a),

wherein, in (a), the option subset that is received by the individual respondent on the GUI is a random selection of options from the option set,

wherein the option set comprises a plurality of options, and each of the plurality of options is provided for evaluation to at least one respondent in the respondent set, and

wherein, in (a), the individual respondent receives fewer than all of the plurality of options.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the individual respondent is part of a random sample of respondents.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the individual respondent cannot access all of the plurality of option subsets.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein, in (b), the GUI is configured such that the individual respondent may provide the reaction in response to the at least one option in the option subset that is received by the individual respondent in (a) and may not provide the reaction in response to other options in the option set that are not in the option subset that is received by the individual respondent.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the individual respondent is a user.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein the individual respondent is an agent acting on behalf of a user or computer.