SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING ELECTRONIC VOTING

• US 20140249895A1
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Arthur Domer, Todd Kenneth Anderson
• Original Assignee: Michael Arthur Domer, Todd Kenneth Anderson
• Inventors: Anderson, Todd Kenneth, Domer, Michael Arthur
• Application Number:
  US14/099,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20140249895A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 13/00 Voting apparatus

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for engaging in votes and/or voting related activities. According to various aspects, a voting poll may be generated including one or more voting questions and/or prompts that enable users to provide voting responses. Any received votes may be transmitted to a vote management system which applies the vote to one or more of the voting questions included within the voting poll. Once a vote has been received, the vote management system may maintain the integrity of a vote by prohibiting double votes.

Claims

1. A method for voting comprising:

generating, at at least one processor, a poll including at least one voting question;

identifying, at the at least one processor, at least one advertisement corresponding to the poll;

serving, at the at least one processor, a polling interface including the at least one voting question and the at least one advertisement to at least one client device, the client device being used by a particular user; and

receiving, at the at least one processor, a response from the at least one client device, the response comprising a vote corresponding to the at least one voting question and a unique identifier associated with the particular user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the poll includes a poll category identifier, the method further comprising:

categorizing the advertisement by assigning the at least one advertisement a category tag, wherein serving the polling interface to include the at least one advertisement occurs when the category tag matches the poll category identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the advertisement with a geographic location and wherein serving the polling interface to include the at least one advertisement occurs when the client device is identified as being within the geographic location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the Poll includes a time limit indicating when the poll should end, the method further comprising:

defining a plurality of answers corresponding to the at least one voting question; and

when the time limit expires, identifying at least one answer of the at least one answer as a correct answer, based on the at least one response.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising awarding a point to the particular user when the response is the same as the correct answer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one advertisement includes a first and second advertisement, the method further comprising:

prioritizing the first advertisement over the second advertisement when the first advertisement was directly identified when the poll was generated and the second advertisement was not directly identified.

7. A system for automatic voting comprising:

at least one processor to;

generate a poll including at least one voting question;

identify at least one advertisement corresponding to the poll;

serve a polling interface including the at least one voting question and the at least one advertisement to at least one client device, the client device being used by a particular user; and

receive a response from the at least one client device, the response comprising a vote corresponding to the at least one voting question and a unique identifier associated with the particular user.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the poll includes a poll category identifier, the method further comprising:

categorizing the advertisement by assigning the at least one advertisement a category tag, wherein serving the polling interface to include the at least one advertisement occurs when the category tag matches the poll category identifier.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising associating the advertisement with a geographic location and wherein serving the polling interface to include the at least one advertisement occurs when the client device is identified as being within the geographic location.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the Poll includes a time limit indicating when the poll should end, the method further comprising:

defining a plurality of answers corresponding to the at least one voting question; and

when the time limit expires, identifying at least one answer of the at least one answer as a correct answer, based on the at least one response.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising awarding a point to the particular user when the response is the same as the correct answer.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one advertisement includes a first and second advertisement, the method further comprising:

prioritizing the first advertisement over the second advertisement when the first advertisement was directly identified when the poll was generated and the second advertisement was not directly identified.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for automatic voting, the instructions, executable by a processor, comprising:

generating a poll including at least one voting question;

identifying at least one advertisement corresponding to the poll;

serving a polling interface including the at least one voting question and the at least one advertisement to at least one client device, the client device being used by a particular user; and

receiving a response from the at least one client device, the response comprising a vote corresponding to the at least one voting question and a unique identifier associated with the particular user.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the poll includes a poll category identifier, the method further comprising:

categorizing the advertisement by assigning the at least one advertisement a category tag, wherein serving the polling interface to include the at least one advertisement occurs when the category tag matches the poll category identifier.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising associating the advertisement with a geographic location and wherein serving the polling interface to include the at least one advertisement occurs when the client device is identified as being within the geographic location.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the Poll includes a time limit indicating when the poll should end, the method further comprising:

defining a plurality of answers corresponding to the at least one voting question; and

when the time limit expires, identifying at least one answer of the at least one answer as a correct answer, based on the at least one response.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising awarding a point to the particular user when the response is the same as the correct answer.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one advertisement includes a first and second advertisement, the method further comprising:

prioritizing the first advertisement over the second advertisement when the first advertisement was directly identified when the poll was generated and the second advertisement was not directly identified.