SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURVEYING MOBILE DEVICE USERS

• US 20100088156A1
• Filed: 10/06/2009
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sidebar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sidebar Incorporated
• Inventors: Wilson, Eric S.
• Application Number:
  US12/574,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088156A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls

Abstract

A system and method for delivering surveys to mobile device users. Surveys are delivered to mobile device users based on the user'"'"'s participation in a survey group. The surveys may be delivered with media such as a song, movie, television, or other video or audio clip asking the user to rate or provide feedback on the media. A method of providing a survey to communication devices includes receiving, at a server, a survey from a survey provider, defining, at the server, a survey group from a group of users, the survey group being defined by a topic in the survey, transmitting the survey from the server to a plurality of communication devices corresponding to the survey group, displaying the survey on each of the plurality of communication devices corresponding to the survey group, and transmitting survey responses from at least one of the plurality of communication devices to the server.

Claims

1. A method of providing a survey to communication devices comprising:

receiving, at a server, a survey from a survey provider;

defining, at the server, a survey group from a group of users;

transmitting the survey from the server to a plurality of communication devices corresponding to the survey group;

displaying the survey on each of the plurality of communication devices corresponding to the survey group; and

transmitting survey responses from at least one of the plurality of communication devices to the server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the survey responses are input by a user of each of the plurality of communication devices.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the survey includes multimedia content.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of communication devices access the survey using a Web browser or an Internet link.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the survey group is defined by a topic in the survey.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the topic is selected from a group consisting of a musical artist, a political candidate, an actor, a movie, a sport, a brand of clothing, an automobile, a consumer product, and combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, at the server, a request from at least one of the plurality of communication devices to be included in the survey group.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting a list of available survey groups from the server to each of the plurality of communication devices.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the survey group includes a group of users within a particular age, sex, demographic, geography, income level, ethnic group, political party, or job category or description.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of communication devices store the survey in a memory for retrieval at a later time or date.

11. A system for providing a survey to communication devices comprising:

a management platform for receiving a survey from a survey provider and defining a survey group from a group of users; and

a plurality of communication devices corresponding to the survey group for receiving the survey from the management platform, displaying the survey, inputting survey responses, and transmitting the survey responses to the management platform.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the survey responses are input by a user of each of the plurality of communication devices.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the survey includes multimedia content.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein each of the plurality of communication devices access the survey using a Web browser or an Internet link.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the survey group is defined by a topic in the survey.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the topic is selected from a group consisting of a musical artist, a political candidate, an actor, a movie, a sport, a brand of clothing, an automobile, a consumer product, and combinations thereof.

17. The system of claim 11 further comprising receiving, at the server, a request from at least one of the plurality of communication devices to be included in the survey group.

18. The system of claim 11 further comprising transmitting a list of available survey groups from the server to each of the plurality of communication devices.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the survey group includes a group of users within a particular age, sex, demographic, geography, income level, ethnic group, political party, or job category or description.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein each of the plurality of communication devices store the survey in a memory for retrieval at a later time or date.