Patent ID: 7818199

Claim:
A polling method performed by a processor for conducting a poll on a respondent group including at least one or more first respondents and second respondents, the polling method comprising: a first questioning performed by a first terminal during the poll by presenting an input form with a question to a first respondent; obtaining performed by the first terminal a free reply by accepting input onto the input form by a first respondent of an unguided reply to said question; a first storing for storing in a processing server the free reply input by the first respondent as a reply option to said question; closing performed by the first terminal the input form presented to the first respondent; a second questioning performed by a second terminal during the poll by presenting an input form with said question and the stored free reply as a reply option to the question to a second respondent after storing the input free reply; and accepting performed by the second terminal a choice of the stored free reply as a reply to said question on the input form presented to the second respondent.