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Web survey tool builder and result compiler
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Inventors: Fuerst, Carol;
Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Dinh; Dung C.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP
The present invention relates to a software tool that permits creation of electronic surveys and the automatic collection and tabulation of survey results corresponding to user responses. Using the tool, a survey is automatically created and posted at a Web site address. With a Web client, or browser, computer users access the URL and complete the survey via the Web. Survey results are collected in a relational database as each user completes the survey. Thereafter, statistical tools or other analytical software applications may be applied to data mine the tabulated results. In another preferred embodiment, the software tool is utilized to access remote servers running relational databases from an internet computer via the Web. Advantageously, the computer does not require the computational processor power or memory (i.e. system memory or disk storage capacity) normally required to load and operate the applicable relational database application software. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A computer system for performing a survey over a computer network, said computer network comprising a client computer coupled by a network link to a server computer, said computer system comprising: a network server system disposed in said server computer; a browser disposed in said client computer, said browser for accessing said network server system; and a dynamic survey system residing in said server system, said dynamic survey system adapted to allow users to construct survey questions for a plurality of surveys on said server system via said client computer, said dynamic survey system further adapted to present said survey over said network link, said dynamic survey system further adapted to enable said users to access results of said survey located on said server system using said client computer without requiring said client computer to have a second survey system disposed therein, said dynamic survey system adapted to provide a new survey from a decision tree having a plurality of available surveys if an appropriate response to a previously answered survey question is provided in a first survey.
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The computer system for performing a survey over a computer network as recited in claim 1 wherein said network server system further comprises: a web page.
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The computer system for performing a survey over a computer network as recited in claim 1 wherein said network server system further comprises: software scripts for generating a survey question on said network server system.
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The computer system for performing a survey over a computer network as recited in claim 3 wherein said network server system is further adapted to enable said client computer to access said software script such that client computer is able to generate a survey question on said network server system without requiring said client computer to have a survey generation system disposed therein.
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The computer system for performing a survey over a computer network as recited in claim 4 wherein said network server system further comprises: an authorization system for selectively providing access to said software scripts such that only said client computer is able to generate a survey question on said network server system without requiring said selected client computer to have a survey generation system disposed therein
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