Patent ID: 7835755
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for eliciting information anonymously from a user and providing an incentive in exchange for the information, the system comprising: a plurality of broadcasting units configured to communicate over a communication network, wherein each respective broadcasting unit is provided with a unique and identifiable code that is identifiable by the user; a dedicated broadcast reception component including a computing device that is programmed and configured to interface with at least one of the plurality of broadcasting units; a deployment container that includes a parachute for deploying one or more of the plurality of broadcasting units by air; and a respective transmitter provided with each of the plurality of broadcasting units and configured to receive and transmit information from the user; wherein the at least one of the plurality of broadcasting units receives the information anonymously from the user, further wherein the at least one of the plurality of broadcasting units conveys, via the respective transmitter, the anonymously received information associated with the unique and identifiable code to the dedicated broadcast reception component, and further wherein the conveyed information results in the incentive being authorized to be provided to the user or a third party associated with the user after the unique and identifiable code is received from the user or the third party associated with the user, and the system matches the unique and identifiable code received from the user or the third party associated with the user with the anonymously received information.