Patent ID: 8082329

Claim:
A method of collecting data from an information network in response to user choices of a plurality of users made while accessing said information network and navigating character-enabled (CE) network sites on said information network, said method comprising: storing a plurality of character data in a database accessible by said CE network site; storing a plurality of character-attribute data in said database; linking the character attribute data with one or more of the character data; presenting to a user interface, one or more character data defining one or more characters for selection by the user; upon selection of a character by the user, presenting in real time to the user interface, the selected character along with at least one of the character-attribute data linked to the selected character for selection by the user; upon selection of a character attribute by the user, presenting in real time to the user interface, the selected character including the selected character attribute; and tallying the number of times the selected character attribute has been selected by a plurality of users.