# US 2014/0207413 A1 · System for obtaining statistical information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0207413 A1 - Document ID: US20140207413A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/834,075 - Filed: 2013-03-15 - Published: 2014-07-24 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-24 - Inventors: Avraham Yehuda Hamaoui - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207413A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0203: Market surveys; Market polls - G06Q 30/0201: Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A system for obtaining and presenting statistical information about people and articles as well as establishing anonymous communities among people that share one or more personal traits. Users may create a personal profile containing user selected personal information. Users may also vote on various polls. Users may create visual representations such as graphs and tables correlating user selectable data from the information within databases storing user personal profile information, user voting history, time, and others. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer system comprising: a computer processor configured to: obtain profile information of a plurality of information categories regarding a plurality of articles; store the obtained profile information in a database, with associations of subsets of the obtained profile information with respective ones of the plurality of information categories, wherein each of at least some of the plurality of information categories is independently user-selectable as a filter; and responsive to receipt of (I) a first selection, as at least one filter criterion, comprising at least one of (a) one or more of the at least some of the plurality of information categories, and (b) one or more of value ranges within the one or more of the at least some of the plurality of information categories, and (II) a second selection comprising at least one further informational category, output a statistical representation of data of the further informational category limited to that of the data of the further informational category that is associated with those of the plurality of articles whose profile information satisfies the at least one filter criterion; wherein the statistical representation represents a comparison of at least two portions of the subset of data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the articles are users and the profile information includes a plurality of profiles that each corresponds to a respective one of the users. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein: the processor is configured to timestamp data of the obtained profile information and filter the time-stamped data according to time; and the output statistical representation is limited by the filtering of the time-stamped data according to time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to timestamp receipt of the data of the further informational category, and receive input of one of a time value and a time range as a further filter criterion according to which the output is limited to those of the data whose timestamp satisfies the one of the time value and the time range. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to: output a graphical user-interactive time selection control manipulable by a user for selecting the one of the time value and the time range; and dynamically modify the output statistical representation of data as the one of the time value and the time range is changed by the user manipulation of the time selection control. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data of the further informational category are responses by at least a subset of the plurality of users to a poll. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein: the processor is configured to output a poll response interface including a poll question and a set of selectable responses that are selectable, at least one of alternately and in combination, by a user as one of the responses of the data of the further informational category; and the poll response interface includes a user-selectable control for inputting a suggested new response option for responding to the poll question. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine, based on the data of the further informational category, at least one of an average, a maximum, a minimum, a percentage, and a ratio, or a combination thereof, on which the statistical representation is based. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to, subsequent to the output of the statistical representation, at least one of receive input of a selection of an additional filter criterion and receive input of an instruction to remove a previously applied filter criterion, and to responsively dynamically modify the output statistical representation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a presence of data regarding one of the plurality of information categories is one of the at least one filter criterion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein an absence of data regarding one of the plurality of information categories is one of the at least one filter criterion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to output a listing of user-selectable category options, each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of information categories, the information categories corresponding to the user-selected ones of listing being used by the processor as the at least one filter criterion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the user-selectable category options are output in a graphical interface that includes a control that is user selectable for defining a new category option for use as a filter criterion, in response to which definition, the processor is configured to update the listing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a third selection comprising at least one filter; wherein the filter of the third selection governs an aspect to be qualified by the first and second selections. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the third selection further comprises at least one mathematical operation; wherein the mathematical operation is performed on the data associated with the filter of the third selection. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the filter of the third section is a user population, and the aspect to be qualified is the counting of the user population. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the filter of the third section is a not a number of users; wherein the filter of the third selection is a filter whose values are numerical values. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the statistical representation comprises a plurality of elements, each element representing a number of articles that satisfy at least one of a plurality of values of the informational categories comprising the second selection; wherein at least one element represents a grouping of filter selections; wherein the grouping is defined by a selection of one or more joinders, the one or more joinders including at least one of a logical AND, a logical OR, and a combination thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein there is provided a graphical interface having a plurality of fields; wherein there is provided a first field into which the first selection is directed; wherein there is provided a second field into which the second selection is directed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein there is provided a third field into which a user may direct a third selection; wherein the filter of the third selection governs an aspect to be qualified by the first and second selections wherein the third filter selection comprises at least one of a filter and a mathematical operation. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second selection further comprises at least one additional further informational category; wherein the second selection comprises informational categories having at least two values therein. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising an account database having a plurality of accounts corresponding to a plurality of users; wherein the plurality of users are able to input the obtained information. ### Claim 23 A computer system comprising: a computer processor configured to: obtain profile information of a plurality of information categories regarding a plurality of users; store the obtained profile information in a database, with associations of subsets of the obtained profile information with respective ones of the plurality of information categories, wherein each of at least some of the plurality of information categories are independently user-selectable as a filter; and responsive to receipt of (I) selection, as a filter criterion, of one of the at least some of the plurality of information categories, and (II) selection of a further informational category, output a statistical distribution of data of the further informational category over a plurality of value ranges of the selected one of the information categories.