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  Trading system on user commitments to participate in questionnaires and other interactionsUSPTO Application #: 20080109278Title: Trading system on user commitments to participate in questionnaires and other interactions Abstract: A questionnaire network makes it possible to create, disseminate, conduct questionnaires or surveys on mobile handsets and to collect results for processing and storage. The questionnaire network is powered by a questionnaire creation tool and a questionnaire trading system. A questionnaire trading system for QTime makes it possible for producers of QTime, such as carriers, and consumers of QTime, such as product manufacturers and advertising companies, to buy or sell QTime in bulk and to trade in QTime as a commodity. In one embodiment, supplementary information and preambles that are part of a questionnaire are captured in audio form using the questionnaire creation tool and are stored selectively along with the questionnaire in a carrier's questionnaire repository or separately at a hosted repository. (end of abstract) Agent: Bindu Rama Rao - Laguna Niguel, CA, US Inventor: Bindu Rama Rao USPTO Applicaton #: 20080109278 - Class: 705007000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination, Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement, Operations Research The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080109278. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This patent application is a continuation of, makes reference to, claims priority to and claims benefit from, the U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/010,985, entitled "QUESTIONNAIRE NETWORK FOR MOBILE HANDSETS AND A TRADING SYSTEM FOR CONTRACTS ON USER COMMITMENTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONNAIRES," filed on Dec. 13, 2004, docket number BRR2003US04-U1. The complete subject matter of the above-referenced United States Provisional Patent Application is hereby incorporated herein by reference, in its entirety. [0002] This patent application makes reference to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/985,702, entitled "QUESTIONNAIRE NETWORK FOR MOBILE HANDSETS," filed on Nov. 10, 2004, docket number BRR2003US03-U1. The complete subject matter of the above-referenced United States patent application is hereby incorporated herein by reference, in its entirety. FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0003] [Not Applicable] MICROFICHE/COPYRIGHT REFERENCE [0004] [Not Applicable] BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0005] Electronic devices, such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDA's), often contain small screens with very limited viewing area. They are constrained in terms of how much information can be displayed, and in terms of user interaction capabilities. The keyboards on cell phones, for example, are not conducive for user data entry, and only brief user inputs can be solicited from a user without annoying the user. [0006] User interaction in real time, such as those provided for a user using a PC on the Internet, are often not possible for a user using a cell phone. For example, the amount of textual information cannot be a full page of textual information that is typically made available o a PC. Graphical information also cannot be large. A typical website provides a rich multi-media experience. The same website, when accessed from a cell phone, would be not only unreadable but also frustrating. Thus, there is presenting user with information in order to solicit user input when the user is using a cell phone rather than a PC is a big problem. [0007] Cell phones are therefore a device for which traditional websites are ill prepared to provide information. In addition, surveys or questionnaires that are created for Internet based access via a PC are not appropriate for cell phone access. Asking one or more detailed questions with information on how to answer them is possible on a web page that is accessed from a PC. However, the same web page would be unmanageable and difficult to navigate on a cell phone with a small LCD screen and small keyboard for user input. [0008] Quite often, for marketing purposes, a manufacturer or retailer tries to solicit information and feedback from a customer. Typically, flyers and documents are mailed to customers for them to fill in and send it back. The Internet has facilitated some of these interactions. A user may be requested to visit a website and answers a lot of questions. However, contacting a user is a problem. The manufacturer has to determine some user specific information such as addresses, etc. in order to be able to send them questionnaires or request them to provide feedback. Contacting users via postal services or email for making them answer questionnaires or provide feedback, or answer surveys is therefore time consuming, expensive and labor intensive. Users tend to ignore emails sent to them by considering them to be spam. Postal mails are also often ignored for several reasons, including their association with junk mail. [0009] Often, a question asked of an individual elicits responses that may obviate the need to ask further questions. Unfortunately, traditional questionnaires are not setup to take advantage of users responses. Without detailed instructions provided, questionnaires that try to guide users to specific questions based on their potential answers end up being confusing to a user. Therefore, traditional questionnaires are not flexible or dynamically arranged. [0010] Currently, if a manufacturer, marketing organization or advertising company has to purchase a block of "questionnaire time" (QTime) to be used for conducting surveys or questionnaires, there is no mechanisms or institutions to purchase them from. Similarly, if a carrier wants to sell accumulated QTime to manufacturers of consumer products or advertising and marketing companies, there is no forum or sales environment for them to sell them in. [0011] Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional and traditional approaches will become apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art through comparison of such systems with the present invention as set forth in the remainder of the present application with reference to the drawings. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0012] Aspects of the present invention may be seen in a questionnaire trading system that facilitates the trading in QTime, i.e. buying and selling of QTime in bulk based on prices quoted, the prices computed based on current supply of QTime and on forecasts of demand for QTime. [0013] Aspects of the present invention may be seen in a questionnaire network for mobile handsets that facilitates display of questionnaires and collecting responses provided by users. The questionnaire network may comprise a query data population system for creating a questionnaire. The questionnaire comprises a plurality of questions, The questionnaire creation tool comprises a preamble creator for creating at least one of textual, audio or video preambles and user interface screens to create the plurality of questions. Each of the plurality of questions may comprise a question preamble, a question body and an optional supplementary information. [0014] Aspects of the invention are also found in a QTime trading system for facilitating trading in QTime. The QTime trading system comprises a QSupply database for storing and managing a dynamic supply of QTime and a QPricing engine communicatively coupled to the QSupply database. The trading activity manager is communicatively coupled to the QPricing engine and the QSupply database. [0015] Aspects of the invention are also found in a questionnaire creation tool that facilitates creation and storage of questionnaires for mobile device. The questionnaire creation tool comprises an audio capture component that is used to create an audio preamble and a GUI screens to provide a user screens to create a plurality of questions and associated answers for the questionnaire. It also comprises a storage interface that is used to store the questionnaire in a carrier's questionnaire repository to be disseminated to a mobile device. [0016] In one embodiment of the questionnaire creation tool the storage interface is used to store the questionnaire in an external hosted repository. [0017] In another embodiment of the questionnaire creation tool the questionnaire is digitally signed before it is saved. [0018] Aspects of the invention are also found in a questionnaire network comprising a wireless carrier network, a mobile device that operates in the wireless carrier network and a customer attributes associated with the mobile device, that is determined based on the mobile device specifications. The wireless carrier network employs the customer attributes to determine a participant in a survey. The wireless carrier network also targets the participant for the survey and communicates a questionnaire that is retrieved from a questionnaire repository. [0019] In one embodiment, the carrier network tracks the record of the participant in completing the questionnaire. It also determines if the participant makes a good target for subsequent surveys and questionnaires. Continue reading... Full patent description for Trading system on user commitments to participate in questionnaires and other interactions Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Trading system on user commitments to participate in questionnaires and other interactions patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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