Patent ID: 8271540
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system on at least one computer having one or more processors, the system for conducting a survey questionnaire comprising: an Engine module, controlled by the one or more processors of the least one computer, for assembling a datamodel object used to conduct a survey questionnaire, said datamodel object including a question section and a rule section, the question section having a plurality of question objects each comprising a question, the rule section having a plurality of rule objects for determining which questions of the question objects to present and the order in which to present the questions; a programming interface controlled by the one or more processors of the least one computer, the programming interface coupled to the Engine module, the programming interface for defining the plurality of questions of the datamodel object, a data storage module controlled by the one or more processors of the least one computer, the data storage module external from the Engine module, the data storage module for storing the datamodel object assembled by the Engine module, wherein the question objects are stored in a separate portion of the data storage module from the rule objects; the Engine module comprising a database object module for sharing data with the data storage module; and an interview interface coupled to the Engine module, the interview interface for presenting questions from the datamodel object stored on the external data storage module to an interview subject; wherein: