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US 2014/0272898 A1Published application
System and method of providing compound answers to survey questions
AssigneeVision Critical Communications Inc.
InventorsChris Ryan, Brett Glover, Jason Roett
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods which allow for the creation of online surveys in which answers to compound questions may be efficiently gather from online survey respondents using a space-efficient user interface configuration. The space-efficient user interface configuration reduces the perceived and/or actual time and effort needed to complete the survey, and allows the user to easily review previously submitted questions.
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A computer-implemented method of presenting and receiving compound answers to survey questions, the method comprising:
- retrieving, from a computer memory, data indicative of a first question for which a user response is sought;
- retrieving, from the computer memory, data indicative of a plurality of possible responses to the first question for which a user response is sought;
- retrieving, from the computer memory, data indicative of a follow up question for each of the plurality of possible responses to the first question for which a user response is sought;
- retrieving, from the computer memory, data indicative of a plurality of possible responses to each follow up question;
- generating a user interface element for display on a user interface of a client device, the user interface element comprising at least a portion of a group of cells, the at least a portion of the group of cells comprising rows and columns, each row containing a cell indicative of a question subject and a plurality of cells arranged as columns indicative of possible responses to the first question about the question subject;
- receiving data indicative of an inputted selection of a first response from one of the possible responses, the inputted selection being a selection of the cell associated with the selected first response;
- based on the data indicative of the inputted selection of a first response from one of the possible responses, generating for display on the client device the plurality of possible follow-up responses to the follow-up question for the selected first response;
- receiving, data indicative of an inputted selection of a follow-up response from one of the plurality of possible responses to the follow-up question;
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- based on the data indicative of the inputted selection of follow-up response, generating instructions for modifying the cell associated with the selected first response on the client device,
- wherein the modification of the cell provides an indication that the first question and the follow up question have been answered.
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An online survey system comprising:
- data storage configured to store data indicative of a first question for which a user response is sought, a plurality of possible responses to the first question for which a user response is sought, data indicative of a follow up question for each of the plurality of possible responses to the first question for which a user response is sought, and data indicative of a plurality of possible responses to each follow up question;
- a computing device in communication with the data storage and configured to:
- generate a for display on a user interface of a client device a user interface element, the user interface element comprising at least a portion of a group of cells, the at least a portion of the group of cells comprising rows and columns, each row containing a cell indicative of a question subject and a plurality of cells arranged as columns indicative of possible responses to the first question about the question subject;
- receive data indicative of an inputted selection of a first response from one of the possible responses, the inputted selection being a selection of the cell associated with the selected first response;
- based on the data indicative of the inputted selection of a first response from one of the possible responses, generate for display on the client device the plurality of possible follow-up responses to the follow-up question for the selected first response;
- receive data indicative of an inputted selection of a follow-up response from one of the plurality of possible responses to the follow-up question;
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- based on the data indicative of the inputted selection of follow-up response, generate instructions configured to modify the cell associated with the selected first response on the client device,
- wherein the modification of the cell provides an indication that the first question and the follow up question have been answered.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.