US 2008/0288271 A1Published application

Internet-Based Survey System and Method

OwnerClaudia Jean Faustinventor

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Abstract

An Internet-based survey system, method and computer-readable medium that captures feedback from job seekers and employees at various stages of pre- and post-hire, and aggregates their perceptions of various aspects of the company in order to formulate and display resulting data which helps a company create more targeted and cost-effective hiring and retention strategies. The system creates survey questions; stores and presents those questions in a library which can be customized to the requirements of a specific client; provides an automation component which captures requisite identification information about potential survey taker and imports it into the survey system; extends survey invitations to solicit participation from potential survey takers; captures demographic data from each participating survey taker; dynamically presents at least one survey question to survey takers in real-time; receives, calculates, aggregates and benchmarks statistics for demographics, response option values and survey participation; and presents reports adapted to at least one client.

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Dependent claims

An Internet-based system and method to solicit information regarding the demographics, perceptions and experiences of individuals at key points in the employment lifecycle, using online surveys accessed by survey takers over a secure server;

wherein the determining step comprises Survey Element Component adapted to create survey question;
Survey Development Component adapted to present and customize a standard library of survey elements for client;
Survey Automation Component adapted to capture required identification information about survey taker from client;
Survey Invitation Component adapted to solicit participation from survey taker;
Demographic Capture Component adapted to solicit demographic background information from survey taker;
Survey Presentation Component adapted to present survey elements dynamically in real-time and receive survey response from survey taker;
Report Calculation Component adapted to calculate survey participation, survey taker demographics, aggregate response option values and benchmarking based on survey response for at least client;
report viewing and Presentation Component Adapted to present report to client.

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