Patent ID: 8037148

Claim:
A system comprising: at least one user terminal; a polling server in communication with said user terminal, said polling server including a data storage storing instructions executable by said polling server for authorizing and collecting polling selections comprising: receiving user information through said user terminal at said polling server from a user; creating a polling account for said user based on said user information, said polling account identified by an account identifier; receiving input at said polling server identifying an issue; said polling server formulating a poll question at said polling server based on said issue, said step of formulating comprising: receiving an input of said issue; transmitting said input issue to at least a portion of said users; conducting a pre-poll comprising receiving pre-poll input from said portion of said users; and formulating a multiple choice question based on said issue using at least a portion of said pre-poll input in the possible responses to said multiple choice question; said polling server defining a polling pool based on said issue, said polling pool including a plurality of users based on said user information; transmitting said poll question to each user terminal associated with a user in said polling pool; receiving polling input at through user terminal at said polling server comprising a polling selection and account identifier; verifying the user's polling account based on said account identifier and verifying said user's inclusion in said polling pool; and recording said user's polling selection if said user's polling account and inclusion in said polling pool are verified; and an output device in communication with said polling server adapted to output said polling selections from said polling server.