Systems and/or methods for targeted opinion polling with anonymity

A user device comprising:

• a display;
• communication circuitry configured to communicate over a network with a server;
• at least one processor comprising processing circuitry;
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• non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user device to:
• receive, based on user inputs made into a registration screen displayed on the display, user registration information for a user, the user registration information including user's name, date of birth, and contact information;
• transmit, to the server over the network, a request to authenticate an identity of the user using a verification service;
• after the identity of the user is authenticated, associate, based on user inputs into a community selection screen displayed on the display, the user with one or more communities from a plurality of communities;
• receive a notification indicating availability of one or more polls associated with the one or more communities associated with the user;
• in response to the user selecting a first poll among the one or more polls associated with the one or more communities associated with the user, simultaneously display a question and a plurality of selectable responses of the first poll on the display, wherein the first poll includes first poll expiration information, respondent age group for the first poll, and respondent gender for the first poll;
• receive a user input selecting at least one of the displayed plurality of selectable responses of the first poll;
• in response to receiving the user input selecting the at least one of the displayed plurality of selectable response, transmit, to the server over the network, information indicating the selected at least one response;
• after transmitting the information indicating the selected at least one response, receive, from the server over the network, a report of responses to the first poll received from a plurality of users, wherein the report of responses is generated without associating user identities of the plurality of users;
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• display, on the display, the report of the responses to the first poll.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one server comprises at least one processor comprising processing circuitry, perform a method comprising:

• receiving, over a network from a plurality of user devices associated with a plurality of users, registration information for the plurality of users;
• transmitting, over the network to a verification service, the registration information for the plurality of users;
• receiving, over the network from the verification service, confirmation of identities of the plurality of users;
• receiving, over the network from a first user device associated with a first user among the plurality of users, a request to create a first poll, the request including a community, one or more poll topics, at least one question, a plurality of responses for each question, first poll expiration information, respondent age group for the first poll, and respondent gender for the first poll;
• in response to receiving the request, transmitting, over the network, information about the first poll to user devices among the plurality of user devices associated with users that belong to the community;
• receiving from at least a portion of the user devices among the plurality of user devices associated with the users that belong to the community, response information to the at least one questions;
• generating a report of responses to the first poll based on the received response information without associating user identities of the users that belong to the community with the responses;
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• transmitting information about the report to the user devices among the plurality of user devices associated with users that belong to the community.