Patent ID: 8848884

Claim:
A computing engine for conducting a survey, the computing engine comprising: at least one processing unit; at least one storage unit connected to said at least one processing unit; at least one public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateway connected to said at least one processing unit; said PSTN gateway configured to connect to a plurality of plain old telephone system (POTS) terminals via the PSTN; and at least one Internet gateway connected to said at least one processing unit; said Internet gateway configured to be connected to a computing client via the Internet, wherein said computing client is associated with an electronic address for identification; said processing unit configured to perform a random connection to at least one of said POTS terminals and to receive said electronic address associated with said computing client, wherein said random connection is performed using a random number generator to automatically generate a phone number; and said processing unit configured to associate said at least one of said POTS terminals with said computing client.