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Soliciting user feedback regarding one or more web pages of a website without obscuring visual content

US7827487B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2004
Grant dateNov 2, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/95
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment includes a system for receiving page-specific user feedback concerning a particular web page of a website. The system includes a first icon viewable with the particular web page independent of input from a user subsequent to the user accessing the particular web page. The first icon includes a bar located proximate an edge of the particular web page and having a length that is at least approximately equal to a length of the edge of the particular web page. Substantially all visual content of the particular web page is unobscured by the first icon. A user pointer being placed on the first icon for at least a predefined amount of time causes a second icon to become viewable with the particular web page. The second icon requests the user to select the first icon to provide page-specific user feedback concerning the particular web page. A selection of the first icon causing a feedback window to become viewable to the user. The feedback window solicits feedback from the user.

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