JP2002041759A - Chat system, bulletin system for speech log, questionnaire web page generation system, storage medium recorded with hypertext document, questionnaire totalization system, and research system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a research system which can collect many opinions in a short period. SOLUTION: In this system, which allows a moderator, panelers and an audience to chat about a certain theme on a network and collects opinions about the theme, a chat system is constituted so that the moderator and panelers can freely speak and the audience only view the chat and can not speak, and also is constituted so that the moderator can put questions in a proper choice style to the audience.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for conducting a survey using a network, and more particularly to a survey system capable of conducting a survey efficiently by performing a chat or a questionnaire on a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The following method is known as a method for conducting a survey using a conventional network.

[0003] The first is to chat over a network and collect opinions on a certain product or the like. A chat is a conversation using characters on a network, and is an IRC (Internet).
Relay Chat) server, and CGI (Common G) on a web server
Some are executed by an ate. interface program. Such chats are, so to speak,
This is a real-world roundtable discussion on the network, where people who are geographically distant can gather for a roundtable discussion, or because they cannot see each other's faces, they can hear the real intention different from the roundtable discussion. Had the advantage of

[0004] A second method is to provide a service for notifying a questionnaire respondent who has been registered in advance of the questionnaire by e-mail or the like, and totalizing the replies, using a network. More specifically, it is as follows. First, a person who wants to conduct a survey makes a meeting with the research company about the contents of the survey by telephone, facsimile, e-mail or the like. When the contents of the survey are determined, the survey company creates a questionnaire according to the contents of the survey, and distributes the questionnaire to registered respondents by e-mail or the like. Survey respondents complete the survey on the same day,
The research company compiles the responses and reports the results to the client. Such a survey system can shorten the time it takes to gather results by digitizing the questionnaire that was conventionally conducted on paper, and can incorporate opinions of a few hundred people There are advantages such as.

A third service is a service for creating a web page for a questionnaire. A client who wishes to conduct a survey communicates the contents of a questionnaire to be collected by telephone, FAX, or on the homepage of a service company, and the service company makes a hypertext document displaying such a questionnaire. The created hypertext document is distributed to the client or posted on a specific web page. Such a service is useful when gathering a questionnaire from a wide range of respondents, since opinions can be widely sought not only by a specific registrant but also by a web page.

[0006]

However, the conventional investigation service as described above has the following problems.

First, according to the conventional survey method using a chat, only those who speak in the chat can enjoy the chat. That is, those who do not speak are difficult to participate due to habits, so only a very small number of people will participate. Even if many people gather, it is difficult to extract effective opinions because the flow of conversation cannot be organized. Therefore, they couldn't enjoy watching the chat, and at the same time couldn't get a wide range of opinions.

Next, the system for collecting questionnaires from registered persons has a limitation that opinions can be taken only from registered persons. In terms of opinions from the participants, there was little difference from the questionnaire using conventional paper.

[0009] Furthermore, in the service for creating a questionnaire web page, opinions could be gathered from a wider range of people than in the case where questionnaires were gathered from the above registered persons. Because it was only posted on a specialized website, it was actually difficult to gather a large number of opinions.

[0010] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a survey system using a network that can easily collect opinions of a wide range of persons in a short time. I do.

[0011]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes various systems mainly having the following features.

First, a new chat system is proposed to take in opinions digging deeply from a small number of people and also take in opinions from a very wide range of people. That is, the conventional chat participants are referred to the system by a panelist who speaks, a moderator moderating, and an audience who observes the statements of the paneler and the moderator and sometimes answers a multiple-choice question as needed. Try to separate. In this way, the role of the participant is clear, and it is easy to participate as an audience. Therefore, the number of persons who watch the chat is greatly increased, and the chat can be enjoyed as if watching a conventional television program. Furthermore, when the opinions of the panelists are divided, the moderator can ask the audience questions as appropriate, so that the chat can be advanced in consideration of the opinions at the national level. Also, after the chat is over, the log of the chat is made public on the electronic bulletin board system so that the audience and other opinions of those who want to give opinions can be additionally collected.

Second, a system for creating and posting a new questionnaire web page on the web page is proposed. That is, a person who wants to conduct a survey can easily create a survey web page on the web page, and further links the survey web page to a portal site related to a survey having a large number of accesses on a network. Therefore, the opinions of many people can be immediately collected.

Third, opinions are provided by linking a link to the questionnaire web page created by the second questionnaire creation system and a link to participate as an audience in the first chat system to a portal site related to the survey. Those who want to listen to their opinions gather in this portal site to gather broad opinions at the national level.

In addition, in order to make use of the above-mentioned features, the present invention also proposes various applications. Solution means having the above features will be described below for each claim.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for chatting with a moderator, a paneler, and an audience on a certain theme on a network, and collecting opinions on the theme, wherein the comment is made in the chat. Storage means for storing the contents, and means for displaying the contents of the utterance recorded in the storage means on a terminal used by the moderator, while receiving the utterance from the terminal used by the moderator, and additionally recording the contents in the storage means Means for displaying the content of the utterance recorded in the storage means on a terminal used by the panelist, accepting the utterance from the terminal used by the paneler, and additionally recording the information in the storage means, and a terminal used by the audience On the other hand, the content of the statement recorded in the storage means is displayed, while the terminal used by the audience Means that does not accept the word, to constitute a chat system to include.

With this configuration, the roles of the chat participants become clear. In particular, it will make it easier for your audience to participate in chat, and you will be able to enjoy chat in new ways.

Further, in the chat system according to claim 2,
2. The chat system according to claim 1, wherein said moderator accepts a selectable question from a terminal used by said moderator and displays said question on a terminal used by said audience, and said question is received from a terminal used by said audience. And a means for counting the answers for each option, and displaying the result of the counting on a terminal used by the moderator.

In this manner, when opinions are divided among the panelists, the moderator can appropriately ask questions to the audience and proceed with the chat while widely taking in the opinions of the audience. In addition,
It is desirable that the total result of the responses of the audience is also displayed on the terminal used by the panelists and the terminal used by the audience. This is because the three parties can grasp the tally result and smoothly develop the chat.

Further, in the chat system according to claim 3,
A reading means for reading out a log of a comment made by using the chat system according to any one of claims 1 and 2 from the storage means, and a necessary tag is added to the read out message log. Converting means for generating a hypertext document capable of displaying the comment log and allowing a new opinion to be input; link means for providing a link to the hypertext document on the web;
And an additional writing unit that adds and records a new opinion input from the web page of the hypertext document to the comment log.

According to this structure, the first aspect of the present invention is provided.
Alternatively, the content stated in the chat system of claim 2 can be automatically posted on a web page as an electronic bulletin board system. Therefore, while participating as an audience, those who want to speak and have no choice or who cannot see the chat during the chat time can view the log and further write their opinions.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for automatically generating a web page for collecting questionnaires on a network and posting the web page on the web. And a means for allowing the questionnaire creator to input the content of the question according to the selected question format, and a web page for displaying the input content of the question and inputting the answer to the question The questionnaire web page creation system is configured to include a means for generating a hypertext document of the questionnaire displaying the questionnaire, and a means for linking a web page of the generated questionnaire hypertext document to a portal site related to the survey. .

With this configuration, a person who wants to gather opinions on a certain subject can easily create a web page for taking a questionnaire on the web page, and the web page of the questionnaire is interested in the survey. A link to a survey-related portal site that has a high number of visits by those with a questionnaire can collect a large number of responses quickly. The portal site referred to in the claims is a site corresponding to the entrance of the web. In the present invention, the portal site has a search function for contents inside and outside the site,
A site that has the function of collecting and distributing content.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for automatically generating a web page for collecting a questionnaire on a network and recording the web page in a storage medium, wherein a predetermined question form list is prepared by the questionnaire creator. And a means for allowing the questionnaire creator to input the content of the question according to the selected question format, and a web page for displaying the input content of the question and inputting the answer to the question And a means for recording the generated hypertext document of the questionnaire on a storage medium.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a storage medium in which a questionnaire hypertext document is recorded by the questionnaire web page creation system according to the fifth aspect is constructed.

With this configuration, a person who wants to collect opinions on a certain subject can create a web page for easily taking a questionnaire on the web page, and furthermore, can create a hypertext document of the web page. By recording on a storage medium, the questionnaire can be distributed as a storage medium. The storage medium described in claim 6 refers to a portable external storage device, such as a flexible disk.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for automatically generating and distributing a web page for collecting a questionnaire on a network, and presenting a predetermined question format list to the questionnaire creator. Means for selecting a question, a means for allowing the questionnaire creator to input the content of the question according to the selected question format, displaying the input content of the question, and displaying a web page for inputting an answer to the question The questionnaire web page creation system is configured to include means for generating a hypertext document of the questionnaire and means for delivering the generated hypertext document of the questionnaire to the mobile phone of the questionnaire respondent.

With this configuration, a person who wants to gather opinions on a certain subject can create a web page for easily taking a questionnaire on the web page, and can create a hypertext document for displaying the questionnaire web page. Can be sent to mobile phones. further,
In addition to displaying the questionnaire screen, the web page of the questionnaire automatically connects to a server that tallies the answers when the answers are entered, and transmits the answers. Therefore, in recent years, when mobile phones have become widespread, this system allows immediate answers to many questionnaires.

According to the invention of claim 8, claim 4 or claim 4
A means for totalizing the answers collected by the questionnaire web page creation system according to any one of claims 5 and 7 for each question content and option, a means for making the totaled results into graph data, and the graph data And a means for transmitting the questionnaire result to those who need it.

With this configuration, the responses obtained by each of the above-described questionnaire systems are totaled and graphed, and the data of the graph is sent to a person who needs a questionnaire result, for example, an e-mail or the like, to a person who created the questionnaire. You can let them know. The graph data means image data of the graph, data in a format that can be displayed by software for displaying the graph, and the like.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a link to a web page that participates as an audience and / or a panelist in the chat system according to the first or second aspect, and a questionnaire web page posting system according to the fifth aspect. And a link to a questionnaire web page posted by the company is displayed.

With this configuration, a person who wants to hear an opinion and a person who wants to give an opinion can be collected and accessed on one web page. Furthermore, since a person who wants to hear an opinion sometimes wants to give an opinion while listening to the opinion, the present system can collect many opinions synergistically.

[0033]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a chat system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The chat system 10 is mainly composed of a server 11 and log data 1 which is the contents of a chat.
2a is stored. The storage means 12 is readable and writable by the server 11.

The server 11 provides a WWW (World) to provide a web page and a chat.
d Wide Web) The software of the server 11a and the IRC server 11b is installed.

The server 11 has a moderator terminal 14 which is a terminal used by a moderator for moderating a chat.
And a paneler terminal 15 which is a terminal used by a paneler who speaks an opinion in a chat, and an audience terminal 16 which is a terminal used by an audience who basically enjoys watching and chatting through a network, such as the Internet. ing.

The server 11 reads the data of the utterance log from the log data 12a, and sends the data to the moderator terminal 14, the paneler terminal 15, and the audience terminal 16 respectively.
It has a means for displaying a statement log. At the same time, the server 11 has a moderator terminal 14 and a paneler terminal 15.
Has a statement receiving means 17, 17 for receiving a comment from
There is no means for receiving a statement from the audience terminal 16. Further, the server 11 is a moderator terminal 14
From the moderator terminal 14,
The question can be displayed on the panel terminal 15 and the audience terminal 16. It also has an answer accepting unit 18 for accepting the answer of the multiple-choice question from the audience terminal 16 and an accumulating unit 11c for accumulating the answers for each option and transmitting the result of the aggregation to the moderator terminal 14.

In FIG. 1, the moderator terminal 1
4, only one panel terminal 15 and one audience terminal 16 are shown, but a plurality of terminals are usually connected.

Next, the operation of the chat system will be described with reference to a terminal screen viewed by a participant such as a moderator. In FIG. 1, reference numerals 14a, 15a, and 16a denote screens of the chat system displayed on the moderator terminal 14, the paneler terminal 15, and the audience terminal 16, respectively. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a web page at the entrance to participate in the chat. is there.

The person who participates in the chat as a moderator is, for example, an employee of a research company requested by a person who wants to research, or a person in charge of a manufacturing company who wants to gather opinions. At a time when the chat is scheduled to start, the moderator sends a W message from the moderator terminal 14 via the network.
It connects to the WW server 11a and accesses the web page 19 at the entrance to participate in the chat. Web page 19
In this example, the mode of participating in the chat, that is, a moderator, a paneler, or an audience can be selected by the radio button 19a. The moderator selects the radio button 19a of the moderator here, and
Input box 19b and password input box 19c
, Enter their ID and password, and then click the join button 19d. When canceling the participation, the user clicks the cancel button 19e.

Then, a web page such as the screen 14a is displayed on the moderator terminal, and the user can participate in the chat. Similarly, panelists and audiences can enter the chat web page from the web page 17 and participate while watching the screens 15a and 16a, respectively. The reason why the user is allowed to enter the ID and the password to confirm whether or not to participate is to prevent confusion caused by a person who does not know his or her identity participating in the chat. Therefore, for example, it is possible to allow participation without an ID or a password because no audience is made to speak.

Normally, one person participates as a moderator.
There are several people, and several to tens of people participate as panelists. This is to make the flow of the chat proceed while collecting it, and there is no particular limitation on the chat system. It is desirable that the larger the number of people who participate as an audience, the more opinions can be gathered.

When the moderator applies for participation in the chat according to the above procedure, the applet of the screen 14a used by the moderator at the terminal is downloaded from the WWW server 11a to the moderator terminal 14. The downloaded applet is executed on the browser of the moderator terminal 14, and a comment display screen 14b and a comment input screen 14c, such as a screen 14a, are displayed on the browser. This applet not only displays the screen 14a, but also
It has a function of transmitting and receiving data to and from the C server 11b.

The comment display screen 14b displayed in the upper half of the screen 14a displays some recent messages among the previous messages. When a comment from the moderator itself or another panelist is made and the comment is stored in the storage means 12, the new comment is displayed at the bottom line as needed. The comment input screen 14c displayed in the lower half of the screen 14a includes
A button for selecting a person to speak, such as a panelist or an audience, a box for inputting the contents of the statement or the question, and a button for selecting a question format are displayed. For example, when asking the audience a Yes / No-type question, select the “Audience” button in the “to:” field, and select the “Yes / No” button in the “Question:” field.
Enter the question content. When the input is completed, the content of the question or remark is sent to the IRC server 11b by clicking the "send" button or hitting the enter key.

The contents of the remark sent to the IRC server 11b are additionally written in the log data 12a in the storage means 12, and at the same time, each of the moderator terminal 14, the paneler terminal 15, and the audience terminal 16 connected to the server 11 via the network. Sent to Then, the message is displayed in addition to the bottom line of the comment display screen 14b, 15b, 16b in each terminal.

The above is the operation in the case where the moderator participates in the chat and makes a comment or asks a question. When the panelists and the audience participate, the same operation is performed to access the server 11. However, the role of the panelist and audience is different from that of the moderator.

The screen 15a is displayed on the panel terminal 15. The screen 15a displays a comment display screen 15b in the upper half and a comment input screen 15c in the lower half. Comment input screen 1
In 5c, a comment can be input only to the moderator and each panelist, and no question can be asked to the audience. The message input here is transmitted to the IRC server 11b, added to the log data 12a, and transmitted to each terminal, in the same manner as when the moderator made a message.

A screen 16a is displayed on the audience terminal 16. The screen 16a is a comment display screen 16 in the upper half.
b, Question answer screen 16c is displayed in the lower half. The question answer screen 16c can be used only when a question is cast from the moderator, and the options given by the moderator can be selected by radio buttons. For example, when "two pork sprout" is selected on the question answer screen 16c and the transmission button is clicked, the answers are transmitted to the WWW server 11a, and are totaled by the totaling means 11c, and the total result is displayed on the statement display screen 14b, 15b, 16b
Will be displayed on the screen. In the tallying unit 11c, for example, the total number of answers is divided by the total number of answers of all the audiences to obtain the ratio of each respondent, an image of a pie chart is created, and transmitted to the moderator terminal 14.

According to the above operation, according to the chat system of the embodiment of the present invention, many people can easily participate in the chat as the audience.
In addition, when the opinions of the panelists are divided, the moderator can appropriately ask the audience an optional question to refer to the opinions of the audience. That is, the present invention clarifies the roles of chat participants, and in particular, restricts the audience so that they cannot speak on the system, so that the flow of chat conversation can be organized even when many people participate simultaneously. It is made possible. At the same time, if the audience can be asked questions, there is an effect that the chat can be advanced while appropriately incorporating the opinions of the audience.

[0050] Such a chat system is used for manufacturing,
Not only can it be used for marketing research of companies such as service companies, for example, in a large company, make all employees participate as an audience at the meeting of executives,
It is also possible to use such methods as proceeding with a meeting while listening to the intentions of the employees, or broadcasting the discussions of the Diet through a chat system and listening to the opinions of the public when opinions are divided. That is, the present invention provides a new conference system that can appropriately incorporate the opinions of a large number of people at the national level when the opinions of the audience can be heard.

Although the embodiment of the chat system according to the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. That is, the feature of the present invention is that chat participants are divided into three roles, a moderator, a paneler, and an audience, and each participant can chat using the dedicated terminal screen. In addition, if necessary, the moderator can ask the audience a multiple-choice question, the audience answers can be totaled, and the results can be referred to in the chat.

Therefore, the server 11 is not limited to the exemplified WWW server 11a and IRC server 11b, and may use a new and unique server system.

The design of the screen displayed on each terminal is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, a command may be directly input in a comment field without necessarily using a radio button.

When the moderator cannot make an inquiry to the audience, the role of the moderator and the role of the panel are the same. Therefore, the same moderator and the same panel can be used in the system. .

Further, the server 11 may be composed of a plurality of computers, and may transmit and receive data to and from each terminal via a plurality of computers.

Each terminal is not necessarily a computer, but may be an interactive television using cable broadcasting or digital satellite broadcasting.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a statement log posting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The message log posting system 20 mainly includes a server 21 and a storage unit 12. Storage means 12
Stores the log data 12a of the comment log accumulated by the chat system of the present invention described in the first embodiment. The server 21 is a computer capable of reading data from and writing data to the storage unit 12. In the server 21, a reading means 21a for reading log data from the storage means when the chat is over, and a hypertext document for displaying a comment log from the read log data and displaying a screen for receiving a new comment for the comment log A conversion unit 21b for converting the hypertext document 22 into a hypertext document 22; a link unit 21c for automatically linking the hypertext document 22 on a web page;
Additional writing means 21d for additionally writing to the storage means.

The reading means 21a is means for reading the log data 12a from the storage means 12 and passing it to the conversion means 21b. The conversion means 21b adds, for example, a serial number of the message to the log data 12a of the message log, adds a tag necessary for displaying the message on a browser, and finally enters an input box for inputting the message. It is a computer program that adds a tag for displaying a button. The linking unit 21c is a computer program for adding a tag for linking the hypertext document created by the converting unit 21b to a web page 26 in which, for example, a plurality of comment logs after a chat is posted.

The message log posting system as described above operates as follows. The log data 12a accumulated by the chat system according to claim 1 or 2 of the present invention as exemplified in the first embodiment is read by the reading means 21a and passed to the conversion means 21b. The conversion means 21b adds the log data 12a and converts it into a hypertext document 22. When the hypertext document 22 is opened by a browser, a message log is displayed as shown in a screen 25, and a new message for a message in the log can be received in the bottom column. The generated hypertext document 22 is linked to a web page 26 that posts a log after the chat is completed.

A hypertext document 2 with a link
2 can be browsed from a general terminal via the Internet or the like, and the screen 25 can be viewed with a browser. After reading the remark displayed on the screen 25, a person who has a new idea inputs a new opinion in the comment column 25a at the bottom of the screen 25 and clicks the send button 25b. Then, it is connected to the additional writing means 21d of the server 21 together with the input new opinion information, and the additional writing means 21d additionally writes the new opinion information to the log data 12a of the storage means 12. When a new opinion is added to the storage means and written, the contents of the log are updated. Therefore, the conversion means 21b creates the updated hypertext document 22 periodically or irregularly, and creates the hypertext document 22 by linking. Make a link to the web page 26 so that it can be viewed.

As described above, the log generated by the chat system according to the first embodiment is later posted on a web page as an electronic bulletin board system. Therefore, among those who have participated as audiences, we would like to express their opinions. Those who couldn't help or couldn't participate in the chat due to circumstances can read the log later and write new opinions they have. Thus, from a surveyor's perspective, a very broad range of opinions can be gathered in addition to the in-depth opinions of a few in chat.

Although the second embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the second embodiment. That is, the configuration described in FIG.
For example, it is not necessary to read the chat log directly from the storage unit and convert it into the hypertext document 22, so that the contents of the storage unit can be easily used for other storage units. And the log data of the copy can be read and converted into the hypertext document 22, or a new opinion can be added and written.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a questionnaire web page creation system and a questionnaire totaling system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 4, screen 31 shows an example of a web page screen for creating a questionnaire web page, and screen 32 shows an example of a screen displaying the created questionnaire web page on a browser. The screen 31 includes a title input unit 31a, a question format selection unit 31 from the top of the screen.
b, an option number input section 31c, a question content input section 31d, an option input section 31e, and a question addition confirmation section 31f. Each of the parts 31a to 31f is realized by, for example, displaying a hypertext document and an applet having a tag of input acceptance on a browser.

The operation of the system for creating a questionnaire web page will be described below. A user who wants to collect a questionnaire accesses a website for creating a questionnaire web page and displays a screen 31. On the screen 31, the user inputs the title of the questionnaire in the title input section 31a, and selects, for example, "selection formula" in the question format input section 31b. When the selection formula is selected, it is necessary to determine the number of options, so that the number-of-options input unit 31c is ready for input, and the number of options is input here. When the number of options is input, the number of rows in the option input unit 31e increases or decreases by the number of options. The user inputs the content of the question in the question content input section 31d, and the option input section 31e.
Enter your choice with. If you want to add more questions,
"Yes" is selected in the question addition confirmation unit 31f.

When the "Yes" button is clicked in the question addition confirmation section 31f, a program for creating a questionnaire web page on the web server is accessed. At this time, the information of each of the input contents is transmitted, and these input information are
Tags necessary for displaying a title, a question content, a selection part of an option, and the like are added and processed into a hypertext document. The processed hypertext document is temporarily recorded in a storage device (not shown), and a hypertext document of a page for making a next question is transmitted from the web server to the user terminal. After the second question, a screen without the title input section 31a is displayed on the screen 31 (not shown), and a question format, a question content, and options are input as in the first question.

When the question addition confirmation section 31f is clicked,
A hypertext document for displaying the second question is additionally recorded on the temporarily recorded hypertext document. These operations are repeated until the last question. When the input of the last question is completed, the question addition confirmation unit 3
Click "No" at 1f.

In the program for creating a questionnaire web page, a hypertext document of the last question is added to the temporarily recorded hypertext document and recorded, a necessary tag is written, and the hypertext of the questionnaire web page is written. The document is completed.

The completed hypertext document of the questionnaire web page is linked, for example, to a portal site (screen 33) relating to the survey, and as another example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Real).
d Only Memory) or a recording medium 34 such as a flexible disk, and as another example, is transmitted to a registered questionnaire respondent's mobile phone 35 by e-mail or the like.

In these portal sites, computers and mobile phones that read the hypertext document in the storage medium, the screen 32 is displayed by opening the questionnaire web page. On the screen 32, the title, the content of the question and the repetition of the options are displayed, and a button for instructing the answer of the questionnaire such as "send" is displayed at the bottom of the screen. When the respondent of the questionnaire inputs the contents of the questionnaire and clicks the "send" button, the questionnaire response program is linked to the questionnaire counting program on the web server linked to the "send" button. Each time the web server receives the information on the answer to the questionnaire, the web server accumulates the result of the questionnaire as a database 40 as shown in FIG. 5 every time the answer is received. The database 40 of FIG.
Following the question number, the answer and the number of respondents were written in order. For example, in question 1, data of 50 persons who answered "morning", 15 persons of "noon", and 10 persons of "evening" are accumulated.

When a certain time comes, the questionnaire totaling program closes the questionnaire responses and creates a pie chart based on the stored answer database.
Then, as shown in the screen 36, the tally result 36a and the pie chart 3
6b to display database 40 in a word processor or H
Process into a file such as TML. The processed file such as a word processor or HTML is transmitted by e-mail or the like to a person who needs a questionnaire result such as a questionnaire creator.

As described above, the user who wants to collect a questionnaire on the website immediately can create a hypertext document of the questionnaire web page by using the questionnaire web page creation system of the present invention, and send the questionnaire to the portal site related to the survey. You can easily collect surveys by linking.

When the hypertext document of the created questionnaire web page is recorded in a storage medium, for example, when a questionnaire on a product is to be attached to a product, the questionnaire is simply created on the web page and stored. If you mail the one recorded on the medium, you can quickly attach it to the product.

When the created hypertext document of the questionnaire web page is transmitted to the mobile phone 35, especially when it is desired to immediately obtain the result of the questionnaire, the questionnaire web page creation page on the screen 31 After the questionnaire is created, the questionnaire can be displayed on the mobile phone 35 immediately, and can be answered at a certain time, so that the total result of the questionnaire can be obtained.

Further, if the totalization result of the questionnaire is graphed as in this embodiment and transmitted by e-mail, the person who receives the totalization result can grasp the result at a glance.

The third embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the third embodiment. For example, each screen shown in FIG. 4 is an example of the screen in which the present invention is implemented. When creating a questionnaire web page, the question format is only a selection type, only a Yes / No format, or other formats. May be included. Also,
The number of choices is also fixed, for example, three.
The applet need not be used for the survey web page. Further, the storage medium is not limited to the illustrated one, and any portable storage medium can be used. Further, the type of the graph of the aggregation result is not limited to the pie chart, and various graphs can be used according to the type of data such as a scatter diagram and a contour diagram.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between a screen and a link of the survey system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 6, a screen 51 is a web page for a person who wants to give an opinion about various things, and is displayed on the web page created by the questionnaire creating system 53 described in the third embodiment. Are displayed, and a link 51b to the chat system described in the first embodiment is displayed. The screen 52 is a web page for a person who wants to investigate a certain content to access. A link to the questionnaire web page creation system 53 described in the third embodiment is provided on the screen 52, and a person who wants to conduct a survey by collecting questionnaires uses the questionnaire web page creation system 53 or the like. And conduct a survey.

The link section 51a displays the title of the questionnaire, the subject of the questionnaire, and the status of whether the questionnaire is still being held. The link section 51a includes a questionnaire web page creation system 53.
May be linked to the questionnaire 55 created independently by each company.

The link section 51b displays the theme of the chat, the date and time of the chat, and the status of whether or not the chat is currently being posted. If the link is being held, the link section 51b can participate in the chat system 10 described in the first embodiment. And the chat is over and the status is changed to BBS (Bulleti
The information displayed as “n Board System” is linked to the electronic bulletin board system 54 created by the message log posting system described in the second embodiment.

The web page on the screen 51 designates the web page on the screen 51 as a portal site related to the survey of the link destination of the questionnaire web page creation system 53, and creates a link to a chat channel, which is a chat system, with necessary tags. By doing so, it can be easily made.

The screens 51 and 52 and the questionnaire web page creation system 53 may be provided in one server, or may be provided in separate servers. This is because the object can be achieved if the links described in the claims are established.

In such a survey system, since the questionnaire of the person who wants to survey is linked to the web page viewed by the person who wants to give an opinion, the demand to carry out the survey matches the demand to give the opinion, Investigation can be done efficiently. In addition, the web page of the person who wants to give an opinion has the first
Since the chat system described in the embodiment is linked, there is an extremely large number of access to people. In addition, you may be tempted to give an opinion while watching a chat, but on the other hand, even if you are not the person who saw the web page on screen 51 because you wanted to give an opinion, let's answer the questionnaire after watching the chat In some cases, a large amount of questionnaire responses can be collected in a short period of time, and the efficiency of the survey can be dramatically increased.

Although the fourth embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, a link to each questionnaire web page and a link to each chat system are provided on one web page as shown in FIG.
A single web page may be linked to only the entrance of the questionnaire web page and the entrance of the chat channel, and after displaying the page of each entrance, a list of links of each questionnaire or chat system may be displayed.

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As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the following remarkable effects can be obtained. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the chat participants are moderators, panelists,
By systematically separating the audience into three parties, it becomes easier to participate as an audience and to enjoy chatting in new ways.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the opinions of the panelists are divided, the moderator can appropriately ask questions to the audience, and can proceed with the chat while widely incorporating the opinions of the audience. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the contents made in the chat system of the first or second aspect can be posted on a web page and opinions can be further collected, so that the audience can be obtained. People who participated in the chat as a participant who wanted to speak and were unable to see the chat at the time of the chat browsing the log and gathering their opinions further Can be.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a person who wants to collect many opinions quickly can access the questionnaire web page creation system to easily create the questionnaire web page, Since the web page is linked to a web page related to a survey that is frequently accessed by those who are interested in the survey, a large number of answers can be collected quickly.

According to the invention described in claim 5, a person who wants to collect opinions on a certain subject can easily create a questionnaire web page and link to a web page desired by the user. Further, according to the invention described in claim 6, a storage medium including a hypertext document of a questionnaire web page can be distributed by being bundled with a product or the like.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, since the questionnaire web page can be easily created and transmitted to the mobile phone, the results of the questionnaire can be collected in a very short time.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 8, the answers obtained by the questionnaire web page creation system are totaled and graphed and transmitted to a person who needs the questionnaire results, so that the questionnaire can be completed in a short time. And the results can be grasped at a glance.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a questionnaire created by a person who wants to conduct a survey is posted on a web page used by a person who wants to give an opinion, so that the survey can be conducted efficiently. . Also, there are many opportunities for those who are browsing the chat system and want to give an opinion on the remarks in the chat, or who suddenly want to answer the questionnaire by looking at the title of the questionnaire. Therefore, the efficiency of the survey can be dramatically increased.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a chat system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page of an entrance to participate in a chat.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a statement log posting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a questionnaire web page creation system and a questionnaire totaling system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data collected by a questionnaire totaling system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a relationship between a screen and a link of a survey system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Chat system, 12 ... Storage means, 14 ... Moderator terminal, 15 ... Paneler terminal, 16 ... Audience terminal, 20 ... Statement log posting system

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A system for chatting with a moderator, a paneler, and an audience on a certain theme on a network and collecting opinions on the theme, wherein the contents recorded in the chat are recorded. Means for displaying the contents of the utterance recorded in the storage means on the terminal used by the moderator, receiving the utterance from the terminal used by the moderator, and adding and recording the utterance to the storage means; A terminal that displays the contents of the utterance recorded in the storage unit, receives a utterance from a terminal used by a panelist, and additionally records the utterance in the storage unit; and records the utterance in the storage unit in a terminal used by an audience. Display the content of the comment that was made, but do not accept the comment from the terminal used by the audience Chat system, characterized in that it comprises a stage, a. 2. The chat system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for receiving a selectable question from a terminal used by the moderator and displaying the question on a terminal used by the audience, and using the audience. A chat system, further comprising: means for receiving the answer to the question from a terminal that performs the answering, and means for counting the answers for each option and displaying the result of the counting on a terminal used by the moderator. 3. A reading means for reading, from the storage means, a message log of a chat performed using the chat system according to claim 1 or 2, which is necessary for the read message log. Conversion means for generating a hypertext document capable of displaying a comment log and allowing a new opinion to be input by adding a new tag.
Link means for providing a link to the hypertext document on the web, and additional writing means for adding and recording a new opinion input by a web page of the hypertext document to the comment log. A featured statement log posting system. 4. A system for automatically generating a web page for collecting questionnaires on a network and posting the web page on the web, wherein a predetermined question type list is presented to a questionnaire creator for selection. And means for the survey creator to enter question content according to the selected question format,
A means for generating a questionnaire hypertext document that displays a web page where the content of the entered question is displayed and an answer to the question can be input, and a link to the web page of the generated questionnaire hypertext document. A means to set up a portal site for the survey,
A questionnaire web page creation system, comprising: 5. A system for automatically generating a web page for collecting questionnaires on a network and recording the web page on a storage medium, wherein a predetermined question format list is presented to the questionnaire creator for selection. And means for the survey creator to enter question content according to the selected question format,
Means for generating a questionnaire hypertext document that displays a web page in which the content of the input question is displayed and in which an answer to the question can be input, and recording the generated questionnaire hypertext document in a storage medium Means, and a questionnaire web page creation system characterized by comprising: 6. A storage medium on which a questionnaire hypertext document is recorded by the questionnaire web page creation system according to claim 5. 7. A system for automatically generating and distributing a web page for collecting a questionnaire on a network, wherein a means for presenting a questionnaire creator with a predetermined question format list and selecting the same is provided. Means for the questionnaire creator to enter the content of the question according to the question format given,
Means for generating a questionnaire hypertext document that displays a web page in which the content of the input question is displayed and in which an answer to the question can be input, and that the generated questionnaire hypertext document is carried by the questionnaire respondent. A questionnaire web page creation system, comprising: means for delivering to a telephone. 8. A means for totalizing the answers collected by the questionnaire web page creation system according to any one of claims 4, 5, and 7 for each question content and option, and a graph of the totaled results. And a means for transmitting the data of the graph to a person who needs a questionnaire result. 9. A link to a web page that participates in the chat system according to claim 1 or 2 as an audience or / and a panelist, and a questionnaire web page posted by the questionnaire web page posting system according to claim 5. A survey system that displays a web page having two types of links: