Patent ID: 8554802

Claim:
A system for managing interactive surveys, comprising: a server including a first table in a first database on the server to store metadata that describes and controls presentation of a survey comprising a data request or other assemblage of one or more items to be presented using the metadata on a participant device; a participant device including a processor, the participant device configured for providing the items including a prompt and an associated answer when the prompt is in the form of a question presented to the participant as part of the survey; the server including a second table in the first database containing one or more items that comprise the survey, said items comprising information to be presented to a participant; a web service coupled to the first database that allows a researcher to create the meta data and items; the server including a third table in the first database that contains identification and type information for the participant device in the possession of the participant; the server including instructions on the server to encapsulate the survey in a transport file formatted to be compatible with the device based on the type information; a network connection between the server and the device; the processor including instructions on the device to initiate and control download of the transport file from the server to the device based on the device identification; the participant device including a second database on the device for receiving the survey; the processor instructions on the device to load the survey from the transport file into the second database; and the processor including instructions on the device to present the one or more items in the survey to the participant according to the meta data; and the processor including instructions on the device to present the survey to the participant when motion recorded from an accelerometer associated with the device meets a pre-determined threshold of magnitude or duration of interest.