Method and system for presenting a questionnaire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019212890-A1
Application number	US-201816028811-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 6, 2018
Priority date	Jan 9, 2018
Publication date	Jul 11, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for displaying a questionnaire includes steps of receiving base data constituting the questionnaire; displaying the questionnaire that includes a plurality of response icons each corresponding to a shared response option, and a plurality of question icons each corresponding with a question; instructing a user to answer the questionnaire; and in response to receipt of an answering gesture indicating association of one of the question icons and one of the response icons, recording one entry of answer log that indicates the user's answer to one of the questions corresponding with the selected one of the question icons being one of the shared response options corresponding with the selected one of the response icons.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for displaying a questionnaire, to be implemented using a processor of an electronic device and comprising:
receiving ba se data constituting the questionnaire, the base data including a plurality of questions, and a plurality of distinct shared response options which are shared by the questions, wherein for each of the questions, one of the shared response options is to be selected as an answer to the question; displaying the questionnaire in the form of a graphic interface on a display of the electronic device, the graphic interface including a plurality of distinct response icons each corresponding to a respective one of the shared response options, a question zone, and a plurality of question icons contained in the question zone, each of the question icons corresponding with a respective one of the questions; constructing an answer log, and instructing a user to answer the questionnaire; and in response to receipt of an answering gesture indicating association of a selected one of the question icons and a selected one of the response icons, recording one entry of the answer log that indicates the user's answer to one of the questions corresponding with the selected one of the question icons being one of the shared response options corresponding with the selected one of the response icons.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the answering gesture is a drag and drop gesture.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receipt of the answering gesture, the processor further refreshes display of the questionnaire in such a manner that an appearance of the selected one of the question icons is changed.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receipt of the answering gesture, the processor further refreshes display of the questionnaire in such a manner that the selected one of the question icons disappears from the question zone of the graphic interface.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the base data is received from a server that communicates with the electronic device over a network.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the step of recording one entry of the answer log is repeated for each of the questions; and after it is determined that all of the questions included in the questionnaire has been answered, transmitting the answer log to a server.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to a submitting gesture, transmitting the answer log to a server.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, in displaying the questionnaire on the display of the electronic device, each of the plurality of response icons is displayed only once.

Assignees

• Univ Nat Taiwan Normal

Inventors

• Hong Jon-Chao
• Tsai Chi-Ruei
• Hsiao Hsien-Sheng

Classifications

• G06Q30/0282 Primary

  Rating or review of business operators or products · CPC title

• G06Q30/0203

  Market surveys; Market polls · CPC title

• G06F3/0486 Primary

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title