Screening and survey selection system and method of operating the same

US6999987B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• America Online, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael David Billingsley · Farmers Branch, US
• Gary Crance · Plano, US
• Michael J. Cunningham · Greenwood, US
• Anderson Greene · Lewisville, US
• Charles A. Miller · Fremont, US
• Edwin Franklin Shaw · Irving, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0203
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A screening and survey selection system, method of screening and selecting for a survey and a computer system employing the system and method. In one embodiment, the screening and survey selection system includes a survey queue having a plurality of queue slots, each of the plurality of queue slots including a survey available for a respondent. The screening and survey selection system also includes a random number generator that generates a number pertaining to a selected one of the plurality of queue slots as a function of at least one characteristic associated with the respondent. The screening and survey selection system still further includes a screener block question generator that develops a plurality of screener block questions that determine if the respondent is qualified to participate in a survey corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of queue slots.