Advice and Polling Methods and Systems

• US 20180270185A1
• Filed: 05/23/2018
• Published: 09/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jennifer Lynn Pikor
• Original Assignee: Jennifer Lynn Pikor
• Inventors: Pikor, Jennifer Lynn
• Granted Patent: US 10,587,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A computerized polling system is provided. The polling system allows a polling user to ask a question posed to a plurality of answering users. The first user asks the questions and provides two or more graphical representations, each representation corresponding to one of the potential answers to the question. The system receives answers from the answering users and tallies them, providing a result with indications of how the answering users have answered, such as a percentage marking.

Claims

1. A system for polling comprising:

an interface operable to;

electronically receive a request for polling access submitted by a first user using a first electronic device;

a processor coupled to the interface and operable to;

cause the interface to display a first poll, the first poll comprising;

a question to the first user;

a first graphical representation of a first of a plurality of poll answers;

a second graphical representation of a second of the plurality of poll answers;

wherein the first poll is created by a second user and presented to the first user;

the processor further configured to determine that the interface has received a selection of one of the graphical representations of one of the plurality of poll answers by determining that the first user performed a gesture associated with the one of the graphical representations displayed on the interface;

record the selected one of the plurality of poll answers corresponding to the selected graphical representation;

in response to the determined selection of the one of the plurality of poll answers, automatically cause the interface to display a notification of receipt of the selection;

wherein the processor is configured to receive an information from the second user identifying a selected choice of the plurality of poll answers, and configured to cause the interface to provide a graphical indication of the selected choice to the first user; and

displaying to the first user through the interface a percentage correct rate of the first user based at least partially on the selected choice of the second user.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the gesture associated with the interface is a tap of a touch screen.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the notification displayed on the interface comprises a poll result showing a percentage of selection of the first poll answer and a percentage of selection of the second poll answer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the information from the second user is received by a networked connection.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the second user creating the poll by inputting the question, selecting a first photograph or video as the first graphical representation, selecting a second photograph or video as the second graphical representation, and selecting a group of users to present the poll to, the first user being in the group of users, a remainder of the group of users being connections to the second user.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the second user creating the poll further comprises inputting a time limit for the group of users to respond, wherein after the time limit expires, the first user cannot answer the poll.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to cause the interface to provide an alert notification automatically when the first poll is available informing the first user of the first poll.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein, in response to the determination that the interface has received the selection, the processor is configured to enable communications between the first user and the second user, the enabling of the communication causing the interface to display to the first user a text area configured to receive text inputted by the first user to send to the second user.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

after notification displayed by the interface, cause the interface to display a second advertisement poll from an advertiser user;

the advertisement poll comprising;

a question;

a first graphical representation of a first of a plurality of advertisement poll answers;

a second graphical representation of a second poll answer of the plurality of poll answers;

wherein the advertisement poll is created by an advertisement user using a third interface in networked communication with the processor, the advertisement user creating the poll by inputting the question, selecting a first photograph or video as the first graphical representation, and selecting a second photograph or video as the second graphical representation;

determine that the interface has received a selection of one of the graphical representations of one of the plurality of poll answers by determining that the first user performed the gesture associated with the one of the graphical representations on the interface;

record the selected one of the plurality of poll answers corresponding to the selected graphical representation.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein a second processor is coupled to the second interface of the second user, the second processor configured to:

compare the selected poll answer of the first user to the selected choice of the second user;

calculate a percentage correct rate of the first user based on the comparison and a plurality of prior comparisons of selected poll answers by the first user compared to selected choices of the second user;

cause the calculated percentage correct rate to be displayed on the interface.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the second processor is configured to present the calculated percentage correct rate of the first user to the second user.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the second processor is configured to automatically group the first user in a group of a plurality of users having a success rate within a predetermined range of each other, and configured to present this group to the second user as the group of users to which the second user presents a second poll.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the first poll is limited such that the first user must select only one of the first poll answer and the second poll answer.

14. The system of claim 6 wherein the processor is configured to cause the interface to display a countdown timer based on the time limit.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first graphical representation and second graphical representation is a video.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first graphical representation and second graphical representation is a photograph.

17. A computerized polling method comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for polling access submitted by a first user using a first electronic device through a user interface of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising the user interface, a memory, and a processor;

the receiving causing the processor of the electronic device to display a first poll, the first poll comprising;

a question to the first user;

a first graphical representation of a first of a plurality of poll answers;

a second graphical representation of a second poll answer of the plurality of poll answers;

determining, by the processor, that the user interface has received a selection of one of the graphical representations of one of the plurality of poll answers by determining that the first user performed a gesture associated with the one of the graphical representations displayed on the user interface;

recording, to the memory by the processor, the selected one of the plurality of poll answers corresponding to the selected graphical representation;

displaying, in response to the determined selection of the one of the plurality of poll answers, a notification of receipt of the selection;

receiving, by the processor, an input from the second user identifying a selected choice of the plurality of poll answers, and configured to cause the interface to provide a graphical indication of the selected choice to the first user; and

displaying to the user, through the user interface, a percentage correct rate of the first user based at least partially on the selected choice of the second user.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of displaying, on the user interface, a poll result showing a percentage of selection of the first poll answer and a percentage of selection of the second poll answer.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of determining, by the processor, available polls for the first user in response to receiving the request for polling access.

20. A system for polling comprising:

an electronic device comprising an interface and a processor, the processor configured to receive a poll and display the poll on the interface, the poll comprising;

a question to the first user;

a first graphical representation of a first of a plurality of poll answers;

a second graphical representation of a second of the plurality of poll answers;

wherein the first poll is created by a second user and presented to the first user;

the processor further configured to determine that the interface has received a selection of one of the graphical representations;

wherein the processor is configured to receive an input from the second user identifying a selected choice of the plurality of poll answers, and configured to cause the interface to provide a graphical indication of the selected choice to the first user; and

displaying to the first user through the interface a percentage correct rate of the first user based at least partially on the selected choice of the second user.