Patent ID: 6959281
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-aided method for conducting a poll with high reliability to produce a demographic profile corresponding to an accumulation of response data from encrypted identities, the method including: for each one of a plurality of local computers, carrying out registration substeps of: (i.) receiving an application for participant registration, the application including participant identification data and participant demographic data; and (ii.) if said application is accepted, then issuing respective registration data, including a pseudonymous identity comprised of encrypted participant identification data; thereafter, for a portion of the local computers, carrying out polling substeps of: (iii.) receiving digital signals over the Internet including the encrypted participant identification data and poll response data for a first question in a poll; and (iv.) responsive to said receiving of said encrypted participant identification data, preventing more than one respective response to the first question; and associating the pseudonymous identity, the response data, and the demographic data, respectively, to produce a demographic profile corresponding to an accumulation of the response data from encrypted identities.