Techniques for enabling anonymous interactive surveys and polling
AssigneeVOXopolis Inc.
InventorsRobert Louis Bernatz, Don Kobayashi
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Abstract
Techniques for enabling interactive (e.g., two-way) electronic communication between survey/polling administrators and anonymous survey/polling respondents. In one set of embodiments, a user (e.g., respondent) can access and provide responses to a particular survey or poll. The responses can then be routed to an administrator or manager of the survey/poll in a manner that keeps the identity of the respondent hidden. Upon receiving the responses, the administrator can interactively communicate with the respondent while maintaining the respondent's anonymity.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer system from a respondent, one or more responses to a survey or poll;
- communicating, by the computer system, the one or more responses to an administrator of the survey or poll, wherein the identity of the respondent is kept anonymous;
- and
- enabling, by the computer system, the administrator to interactively communicate with the respondent regarding the one or more responses while keeping the identity of the respondent anonymous.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a processor, the program code comprising:
- code that causes the processor to receive one or more responses to a survey or poll;
- code that causes the processor to communicate the one or more responses to an administrator of the survey or poll, wherein the identity of the respondent is kept anonymous;
- and
- code that causes the processor to enable the administrator to interactively communicate with the respondent regarding the one or more responses while keeping the identity of the respondent anonymous.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive, from a respondent, one or more responses to a survey or poll;
- communicate the one or more responses to an administrator of the survey or poll, wherein the identity of the respondent is kept anonymous;
- and
- enable the administrator to interactively communicate with the respondent regarding the one or more responses while keeping the identity of the respondent anonymous.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.