Ranking system using instant post-transaction surveying of transaction judges

A method of providing to a first party of a multi-party interaction that takes place over a telecommunications channel, an opportunity to record immediate impressions of the interaction after the first party's participation in that interaction appears to have concluded, the method comprising:

• (a) automatically detecting an indication that participation between the first party and one or more other parties of said multi-party interaction has terminated;
• and
• (b) in essentially immediate response to said detecting, presenting the first party with a proposal for the first party to participate in an instant survey relating to said apparently terminated participation in the multi-party interaction.

A machine system for providing a first party of a multi-party interaction that takes place over a telecommunications channel, with an opportunity to record immediate impressions of the interaction after the first party's participation in that interaction appears to have concluded, the system comprising:

• (a) detecting means for automatically detecting an indication that participation between the first party and one or more other parties of said multi-party interaction has terminated;
• and
• (b) presenting means, responsive to said detecting means, for presenting the first party with an essentially instant proposal for the first party to participate in an instant survey relating to said apparently terminated participation in the multi-party interaction.