SCREENING AND SURVEY SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

Patent №

US 6,999,987

Granted

2006-02-14

Filed 2000

Owner

AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

+6 more

Lab

AI components

2

kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09695955

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.

AI classification

Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.72
Machine learning0.06
AI hardware0.01
Natural language0.00
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

assignment · 112610832

DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES, INC.

assignment · 245880442

UNITED SAMPLE, INC.

assignment · 251610656

INSTANTLY, INC.

namechg · 370870755

SSI CATALINA LLC

assignment · 381720916

SURVEY SAMPLING INTERNATIONAL, LLC

merger · 382450950

DYNATA, LLC

correct · 589820815

Assignors

BILLINGSLEY, MICHAEL DAVID, CRANCE, GARY, CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL J., GREENE, ANDERSON, MILLER, CHARLES A., SHAW, EDWIN FRANKLIN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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