JP2002329035A - Electronic totaling system and electronic totaling program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic totaling system that increases the accuracy of answer results by displaying questions in a multimedia format and totaling answers from users. SOLUTION: The system comprises means for connecting to a communication network, for receiving digital information on question information including characters and graphics via the communication network, for sending answer formats to a web site, for sending one of answer formats selected from the answer formats to the communication network, and for editing at least two answer candidates corresponding to the answer format over the communication network.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic counting system. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electronic totaling system for performing a questionnaire and a predetermined test on a website using a digital information transmission infrastructure such as the Internet, an intranet, and a mobile phone network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, an electronic totaling system in which a questionnaire system is provided by a web server is known. For example, FIG. 1 introduces a rental Web questionnaire system provided by NTT Navi Space. The system consists of personal computers 1, 2,
3 and 4, an intranet 5 and an in-house homepage of an in-house questionnaire 6, the Internet 7 for accessing the in-house questionnaire from outside, and a questionnaire screen 8 showing a state of browsing with general browser software. In addition, a software program that is a questionnaire workshop provided by NEC Corporation has a URL address http: // e-kobo. cp
laza. ne. jp /. More IM
In the I-net questionnaire system, users who responded to the questionnaire can collect the price of providing information from the companies conducting the questionnaire simply by answering the question,
On these questionnaire screens, there is a technical problem that the question is displayed only by character information, but the meaning of the question cannot be grasped at a glance.

[0003]

However, as described above, it is an object of the present invention to allow a user to visually or audibly recognize delicate information that cannot be expressed by a question composed of conventional character information.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention has been developed in which an administrator who manages an electronic totaling system for question information of images such as pictures and graphs in addition to characters is used for communication such as the Internet, an intranet, and a mobile phone network. An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic totaling system which can be easily edited via a network.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a receiving means for selecting question information including characters and figures by a predetermined manual operation and receiving the question digital information via a communication network, and a method for receiving the question information. Answer information transmitting means for transmitting at least one answer format to the communication network; answer format receiving means for receiving one answer format selected from the answer formats by a predetermined manual operation via the communication network; Answer candidate editing means for editing at least two answer candidates corresponding to the format via a communication network.

Further, the present invention provides a receiving step of selecting question information including characters and graphics in response to a predetermined manual operation and receiving the question digital information via a communication network, and at least one step related to the predetermined question information. An answer information transmitting step of transmitting one answer form to the communication network, an answer form receiving step of receiving one answer form selected from the answer forms by a predetermined manual operation via the communication network, An answer candidate editing step of editing at least two corresponding answer candidates via a communication network.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 2 to 60 show an example of the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the portions denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 4 represent the same components, and the basic configuration is shown in FIG. It is the same as the conventional one shown, but the feature of this illustrated example is that, as shown in FIG. 4, an answer format selection means is provided in the new question creation screen. Hereinafter, the operation of these illustrated examples will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of various information tables illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The administrator table 10 is an area for storing electronic information of an administrator who is an administrator. In this area, an administrator code number for identifying the administrator, a company name to which the administrator belongs, and users, guests and masters are distinguished. The digital information of the type of the administrator to be performed, the ID at the time of logging in to the electronic totaling system, the password at the time of login, the administrator's name, the department to which the administrator belongs, the contact telephone number, and the mail address are stored. The data can be stored in a magnetic disk device in a digital computer or a solid-state storage device such as an optical disk device or a semiconductor memory. Also, backup can be performed by a disk array provided outside the digital computer. Similarly, the questionnaire table 12 includes a questionnaire number for specifying the questionnaire, a company code for performing the questionnaire, display order information for controlling the display order of the questionnaire, questionnaire execution information, title, question purpose, information comment, created manager, Implementation start date,
An execution end date and a creation date reserve flag are stored. Similarly, the answer table 14 stores the answer code number, the code number of the respondent (respondent), the code number of the answered questionnaire, the content of the answer, and the date and time of the answer. Similarly, the personal table 16 stores personal code numbers, personal names, genders,
Date of birth, postal code, home address 1 to 3, telephone number 1 and 2, fax number, mail address, additional items 1 to 3,
Digital information of free items 1 to 9 is stored. Additional items 1 to 3 can store additional mail addresses, for example, company and personal mail addresses.
In addition, for example, the additional items 1 to 9 can be stored as digital information while associating the occupation of the respondent, the annual income, the date of registration of the questionnaire survey, the place of work, the place of work, and the time stamp in which the personal information is recorded in any order. . In particular, since a plurality of free items are prepared, related information and irrelevant information can be mixed for each questionnaire, and can be used for other questionnaire surveys. The detailed information related to the name of the company to which the administrator belongs stored in the administrator table 10 is stored in the company table 18. For example, company code, company name,
Digital information for controlling whether or not to answer anonymously can be stored. In the question table 20, a question code number,
The following corresponding to the company code, the question title, the answer format, the question content, the code number of the administrator who created the question, the date when the question was created, the last update date, information that determines whether to use time-up, and the answer A preliminary flag for digitally storing information for determining whether to branch to a question can be stored. Similarly, the combination table 22 can store the ID of the combination table, the code number of the questionnaire, the code number of the question, the execution of the question, and the display order of the question as digital information. In order to manage various types of questionnaire information, the electronic totaling system can be configured to assign and manage one company code for each company. For example, the manager code number in the manager table 10 is associated with the manager who created the questionnaire in the questionnaire table 12 and the question table 20, and the company code number in the company table 18 is the same as the manager code in the manager table 10, the questionnaire table 12, and the questionnaire table 12. It is associated with the company code in the table 20. Similarly, the questionnaire number, question code number, and personal code number can be shared by a plurality of information tables.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The processing flow of the administrator login can be started by accessing the URL of the administrator screen via the communication network such as the Internet or an intranet to the electronic totaling system. First, in box 24, an authentication dialog is displayed on the administrator's computer screen, and a predetermined administrator ID is displayed.
The process of inputting the code and the administrator password is executed. If the authentication succeeds, the process branches to a menu process in box 26. If the authentication fails, the process branches to an authentication failure process in box 28. In the menu processing, the general administrator can use all services other than “special management setting” depending on the type of the administrator. For example, a new question can be created, a list of questions can be displayed, a questionnaire can be created, a questionnaire list can be displayed, a questionnaire can be selected, an administrator's profile can be changed, special management settings can be made, and questionnaires can be totaled. In addition, the aggregation reference manager can refer to “aggregation”, but is not allowed to create a new question that can be performed by a general administrator.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. In the new question creation processing flow, a new question creation can be selected on the manager screen menu 32 by a predetermined operation using a mouse or a keyboard. On the new question creation screen 34, the title of the question can be input, and the answer format can be selected.
In this case, the answer format is a format for selecting one of the five answers, a format for asking how many wrong branches are present, or a description format for inputting plain text in the answer box. Various answer formats can be selected. After inputting the answer content, the administrator can preview the new question on the new question preview screen 36 and check the content on the computer screen. Further, the administrator can copy an existing question fixedly stored in the question table 40 on the new question creation screen 34. In this case, the question title, answer format,
A new question can be created by modifying or improving the content of the answer. After confirming the contents on the above-described question preview screen 36, a decision button or a creation button is clicked with a mouse or selected with a keyboard, and a question creation process 38 is executed. The created question is the question table 4
0 can be stored as digital information. Furthermore, the administrator can display a list of questions stored in the question table 40 on the question list screen 42 by selecting the question list displayed in the administrator screen menu 32. On this screen 42, a list of questions, detailed information of the questions,
Correction and storage of questions and deletion of questions can be processed.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The processing flow for correcting and deleting a question is as follows: a question list and question detailed information are read from the question table 40 and displayed on the question list screen 42;
To modify a question, click the Modify button in the screen to display the question title correction input, answer format correction selection, and answer content correction input buttons on the question correction screen 48. Content can be modified. The corrected question can be checked on the question correction preview screen 50, and the administrator checks the content and then clicks the correction or decision button to perform correction processing 5
It can branch into two. The corrected question is stored in the question table 40 as digital information in a new storage area, and the digital information before correction is stored in the question table 40, but the question after correction is newly used without being used in another questionnaire. It can be configured to be. For example, a question modified by changing the question code and rewriting the contents of the table 54 can be used for another questionnaire. If the administrator is not satisfied with the question corrected in the corrected question preview, the administrator can execute a correction canceling process and return to the question correction screen 48. Further, when the administrator deletes the question, the user can click the delete button of the question on the question list screen 42 and finally confirm whether or not to delete again in the deletion confirmation process 56. When the deletion is finally confirmed and the deletion process is performed, the question is excluded from the valid question information in the question table 40. Note that it is also possible to select whether or not to delete the answer information related to the deleted question. If the answer is deleted, the answer is excluded from the valid answer information in the answer table 60.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The processing flow for creating and deleting a questionnaire is described in the administrator screen menu 62.
By clicking the questionnaire creation button, a new questionnaire creation screen 64 can be branched. On the new questionnaire creation screen 64, the title, purpose and comment of the questionnaire can be input and selected, respectively.
The existing questionnaire information fixedly stored in can be copied. The newly input questionnaire information is displayed on the new questionnaire creation preview screen 66, and the new questionnaire information is displayed by selecting the confirmation button.
2 can be stored as digital information. The question of this new questionnaire is a new question creation question selection screen 68.
Can be used to input a question as plain text or image information, and the question correction processing 70 can be executed while checking the input question content in a list. When the input and correction of the question are completed, the content of the new questionnaire can be visually confirmed on the computer display in the new questionnaire creation final preview process 74. If the contents of the questionnaire are sufficient in the confirmation work, questionnaire creation processing 7
6, the newly created questionnaire information can be digitally stored in the questionnaire table 72, and the contents of the combination table 78 for controlling the association with another questionnaire can be updated. Further, the registered questionnaire information is clicked on the questionnaire list button in the manager screen menu 62, and the questionnaire table 4 is displayed.
0, questionnaire table 72, combination table 78
Read digital information from questionnaire list screen 80
Can be displayed. If the administrator wants to delete an old questionnaire or a new questionnaire that is no longer needed, select the questionnaire to be deleted from the questionnaire displayed on the questionnaire list screen 80 and click the button for deleting the questionnaire. As a result, the questionnaire deletion process can be executed. When an instruction to request deletion is issued, a deletion confirmation process 80 is started, and when deletion is finally selected, the process branches to a deletion process 82 and can be excluded from the valid questionnaire information in the questionnaire table 72.
It can also be excluded from the valid information of the combination table 78.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The processing flow for duplicating and modifying an existing questionnaire is described in questionnaire list screen 84.
The questionnaire that needs to be duplicated can be selected based on the questionnaire list and the questionnaire details displayed in (2), and the screen can be branched to the duplicate questionnaire creation input screen 86. The existing questionnaire information fixedly stored in the questionnaire table 72 is duplicated, and the questionnaire title, gist, and comment can be input and selected on the questionnaire creation input screen 86, and the duplicated questionnaire information is displayed on the duplicate questionnaire creation preview screen 88. By selecting the confirmation button, the duplicate questionnaire information can be stored in the questionnaire table 72 as digital information. The questions of this duplicate questionnaire can be entered as plain text or image information using the duplicate questionnaire creation question selection screen 90, and the question correction process 95 is executed while checking the entered question contents in a list. Can be. When the input and correction of the question are completed, the content of the duplicate questionnaire can be visually confirmed on the computer display on the duplicate questionnaire creation final preview screen 92. If the content of the questionnaire is sufficient in the confirmation work, the process branches to a questionnaire creation process 94, and the questionnaire information copied to the question table 40 can be digitally stored, and the combination table 78 for controlling the association with another questionnaire can be stored. The content can be updated. Further, by selecting the registered questionnaire information on the questionnaire list screen 84 and clicking a questionnaire correction button, the questionnaire table 40, the questionnaire table 72,
The title, the gist, and the comment of the questionnaire corrected on the questionnaire correction screen 96 based on the digital information from the combination table 78 can be displayed, and the corrected data can be fixedly stored in the questionnaire table 72. The question corresponding to the corrected questionnaire information is displayed on the questionnaire correction question selection screen 100, a predetermined question is selected and corrected, and the content can be confirmed on the questionnaire correction final preview screen 104. When the displayed correction question information is registered, the correction process 106 is started by selecting the confirmation button, the correction question information can be stored in the question table 40 as digital information, and a combination for controlling the association with another questionnaire. Table 7
8 can also be updated.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. In the processing flow for selecting the implementation questionnaire and changing the administrator profile, the administrator profile change button is selected from the administrator screen menu 108 to display the administrator profile change screen 110. The administrator profile change screen 110 includes items of administrator name input, company / department input, contact input, mail address input, login ID input, and login password input, and each item can be changed. The changed content can be confirmed 112 and registered 114 in the administrator table 30. By clicking the survey questionnaire button on the manager screen menu 108, the survey questionnaire selection screen 116 can be displayed. The conducted questionnaire list displayed on the screen 116 can be sorted by selecting the conducted questionnaire sorting button, and the contents of the conducted questionnaire selected from the questionnaire list can be confirmed on the conducted questionnaire selection preview screen 118. Can be. Preview screen 1
The content of 18 can be stored as digital information in the questionnaire table 72, and the stored information can be displayed on the questionnaire priority order determination screen 120. When the priorities are rearranged according to the order of the displayed questionnaire list, the priority can be determined by selecting the rearrange button based on the priority. The sorted questionnaire can be checked on the questionnaire sort preview 122 screen. The confirmed questionnaire information can be stored in the questionnaire table 72 as digital information in the registration process 124.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. In the processing flow of the special management setting, a special management setting button can be selected from the administrator screen menu 126 to display the special management menu 128 on the computer display. The administrator new registration is selected from the special committee management menu 128, and the screen moves to a new administrator registration screen 130 to input an administrator name, a company / department, a contact, a mail address, an ID.
After inputting pertinent information to each item of input, password input, and management category selection, each item input in the preview process 132 can be confirmed. Each of the confirmed input information can be newly registered in the manager table 30. Further, a desired manager can be selected from the manager list in the special management menu 128, and the screen can be shifted to the manager correction registration screen 136 by selecting a manager correction button. Administrator correction registration screen 1
At 36, the administrator information is read out from the administrator table 30, and the administrator name correction input, company / department correction input, contact address correction input, e-mail address correction input, ID correction input, password correction input, and management classification correction selection are selected. Then, the user can select an item that needs to be corrected, and then correct the content. In preview processing 138, the user can confirm whether or not the corrected content is correct. The confirmed administrator information can be overwritten on the administrator table via the registration processing 140. Further, by selecting an administrator deletion button from the special management menu 128, the screen can be shifted to the administrator deletion screen 142. An administrator to be deleted is selected from the administrator list, and the confirmation processing 1 is performed.
The deletion process 146 is executed via the management table 30.
Can be changed from valid to invalid, and the stored manager information can also be deleted.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The processing flow for setting the company and department is as follows. The company / department setting button is clicked from the special management menu 148, and the screen moves to the company / department setting screen 150.
52 can be executed. In this case, for example,
You can enter new company information with company code 0,
Other codes can be arbitrarily selected. The company name is confirmed on the display, and if it is correct, it is visually checked in a confirmation process 154, and then the process proceeds to a registration process 156 to enter the company table 158.
Can be stored as digital information. When correcting the company information already registered in the company information table 158, the process of the company information correction input 160 can be executed by selecting the company information correction from the company / department setting screen 150. The corrected information is confirmed on the display, the registration processing 156 is executed via the confirmation processing 156, and the corrected enterprise information can be overwritten or newly recorded in the enterprise information table 158 with the digital information.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The processing flow of the tallying is as follows: the tallying is selected from the manager screen 160, and the process proceeds to the processing of the tallying questionnaire selection 162, and the questionnaire table 7
2 can be read and a list of questionnaires can be displayed on the display. By selecting a questionnaire to be totaled from the displayed questionnaire list, a questionnaire totaling screen 164 for selecting details of the questionnaire, totaling by respondent, and totaling by question can be displayed on the display. In this case, when the questionnaire tallying respondent list display is executed, the screen shifts to the questionnaire tallying respondent list screen 166, and the digital information is read out from the answer table 60, and a plurality of respondents can be displayed on the respondent list on the display. It is possible to read the digital information from the answer table 60 to display the answer result of the respondent, and read the digital information from the personal table 170 to display the personal information of the respondent on the display. This answer result can be displayed on the display in a format corresponding to each question. Further, when checking what kind of answer was transmitted for each question, the user selects the question total button from the questionnaire total screen 164, reads digital information from the combination table 78 and the question table 40, and displays the question list in the question total question. The contents can be displayed on list screen 172. A predetermined question can be selected from the displayed question list, digital information can be read from the question table 40 and the answer table 60, and the content can be displayed on the question-specific aggregation screen 174. The displayed content should include information processed by the logical operation device, such as the details of the question, the total number of respondents, the number of valid answers screened, the number of no answers, the content of each answer, and the percentage of each answer. Can be.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. The processing flow of the respondent is as follows: the name of the respondent,
Gender, date of birth, postal code, home addresses 1 and 2, telephone numbers 1 and 2, and a fax number can be entered in the input box in plain text using a keyboard or voice recognition function.
The entered personal information can be confirmed on the personal information confirmation 178 screen, and the user who has entered the information can confirm the contents and then transmit the digital information to the personal table 170 in the server via the communication network. it can. The server that recognizes that the personal information has been input can shift the process to the questionnaire selection 180 for the user, but rejects the server from branching to the questionnaire selection 180 if the personal information is incomplete. Then, an alert that prompts the user to acquire personal information can be notified again. On the questionnaire selection screen 180, digital information can be read from the questionnaire table and a questionnaire question number, title, and answer box of a valid questionnaire can be displayed so that a questionnaire to be answered can be selected. In the present embodiment, when the personal information is insufficient, the server is programmed so as not to branch to the process of selecting the questionnaire 180. In the present invention, however, the program is designed not to collect the personal information but to accept the so-called anonymous answer. You can also. In this case, flag information that can identify the anonymous questionnaire by an arbitrary setting on the server side can be digitally stored. Further, in the processing of the personal information input 176, an option may be provided to access the server for each company and department.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of an electronic totaling system according to the present invention. The processing flow of the other respondents is as follows. By selecting an answer field of an arbitrary questionnaire on the questionnaire selection screen 182, the answer screen 184 is displayed.
Can be automatically displayed on the display.
The digital computer reads digital information from the questionnaire table 72, the question table 40, and the combination table 78, and displays a questionnaire number, a title, a purpose, and a plurality of questions on an answer screen 184. The user can use a GUI function for the displayed questions. An appropriate answer can be given from a mouse or keyboard. The user can check the contents of the answer on the answer preview screen 186, select the send button after confirming that there is no doubt in the answer, and send the answer to the server via the communication network. The server checks whether the transmitted digital information is complete and, if an appropriate answer is obtained, can display an answer completion screen 188 on the display of the user's personal computer. In the case of insufficiency, an alert can be reported to the user. The answer thus obtained can be fixedly stored in the answer table 60 as digital information.

In the above embodiment, the questionnaire server has been described. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, for example, an examination question for a student may be carried out via a communication network. More specifically, it is possible to access a server from a remote place to perform a regular term examination and a language examination including hearings such as TOEC and TOFEL from a remote place, and to simultaneously perform the examination in real time. In this case, it is possible to determine whether or not the remote user cheats and answers by setting a time-up for each question or the end time of all questions.

FIG. 14 to FIG. 59 are front views of display screens illustrating an embodiment of the electronic totaling system of the present invention. Input predetermined items in the character input box or check box of each figure with a mouse or keyboard,
It is possible to input digital information necessary for the electronic totaling system described above.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a man-machine system composed of "questions and answers" such as questionnaire, diagnosis, test, and voting can be constructed.
Communication networks (Internet, intranet,
It is possible to construct a system that can easily generate, execute, collect answers, and analyze answers to a website (for example, a homepage) via a mobile phone network without using any special technology. In particular, the question creator may use a basic programming language for constructing a homepage, for example, a hyper text markup language (htm).
Questions can be easily created without having to learn CGI, SSI, and Java scripts such as l) and extended languages. In addition, since the results of the questionnaire or the test are collected immediately and electronically, and can be displayed on the homepage as aggregated data, user satisfaction can be increased. The above-mentioned system includes a terminal (for example, a respondent and a question creator), a server (for example, including a www server for providing a homepage) and a database (the attributes of the question creator and the respondent, (Including calculation, accumulation, maintenance and management of data on questions and answers), and a client / server system can be provided.

In the embodiment of the present invention, for example, a question creator can input a question content (including a sentence, a picture, a graph, and a moving image) and upload it to a server, and form a response to the question Can be determined from a single expression, a multiple selection expression, a description expression, and the like. For example, except for the descriptive answer format, when answer candidates are entered, the order of the generated questions can be changed and the content itself can be changed (including addition, correction, and deletion), and the generated questions can be displayed immediately. It is also easy to manage the implementation schedule, such as to implement or suspend. Furthermore, the user can describe information comments for the generated questions. In the above-described embodiments, all operations can be performed on the homepage, and thus no special manager is required. For the answer, depending on the intention of the question creator, personal attributes must be entered in advance, but ID, password, first and last name, gender, age, address, occupation, telephone number, e-mail address, other intentions of the questioner, etc. Can be entered. When moving to the question implementation screen, if there are multiple question themes, you can select the theme and then move on, and you can answer the question in a format such as multiple choice, multiple choice, or description . A descriptive expression can be input by text, and other questions can be selected and answered by a button menu, and it is sufficient to select the end or send button.
All the operations described above can be operated on a homepage, that is, a web server. Regarding the result of the questionnaire or the test, the result can be immediately reflected on the homepage of the web server after the respondent performs the operation of terminating or transmitting. Here, depending on the purpose of the question or the questioner, for example, depending on the intention, the implementation result can be publicly disclosed or concealed. Further, the results of the implementation can be displayed on the homepage in terms of the implementation date, the creator of the question, the total number of answers, the list of creator answers, the browsing of individual answers, the browsing of all or the total of each question, and the like. Furthermore, it can also be extracted as file data, and the file is LZ
The data may be compressed in the Melt or ZIP format, or may be stored as raw data.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the user is made to answer a question of a character or a graphic in a predetermined format. However, in another embodiment of the present invention, a more advanced question is created or a questionnaire is made. Or, it also includes a function extension for implementing the test. For example, by linking an analysis program to the database, a function to analyze and extract the results of the operation from various angles is used to assign weights to the questions and reflect them in the answer results, and to provide a service function other than the questions that the question creator provides to the respondents For example, there is an extended function such as a mailing list form function. It is needless to say that the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a web questionnaire, a marketing research, a learning material for a school, and an in-house training system of a general company. In addition, it can be used for pre- and post-interviews at hospitals and practitioners, as well as for finding injuries by displaying the inside of organs such as the heart and lungs using a sphere screen for intern test questions. Publishers, television stations and radio stations can conduct online voting. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to ranking surveys, collection of user samples for products and services, and CS and CRM. In particular, the electronic tallying system is useful for users who enjoy the common Internet, intranet, or mobile phone network environment between the question creator, the manager, and the respondent and can browse using a web browser. In the technical level at the time of filing, the operating system was set to Linux (Li) as the system recommended environment.
nux), UNIX (R) such as Free BSD
The environment can be used, and Apache is used as the HTTP server.
And PostgresSQL was used for the database. Although PHP was used as a development language, other OSs such as Windows may be used in the embodiment of the present invention.
-NT (registered trademark) and Windows (registered trademark) Me
It is needless to say that the present invention can also be applied to MacOS and MacOS (registered trademark), and other development languages can be used.

FIG. 60 is a front view of a display in which a figure in the form of a spherical screen is applied to a questionnaire or a test. The figure can be zoomed by left-clicking on the figure with a pointing device such as a mouse, and can be rotated vertically and horizontally by dragging the mouse. The graphic information is, for example, an IPX method or an move
The method can be used, and the user can immediately execute the program by installing a plug-in program of about 500 Kbytes in the browser. Beyond the fixed forms of expression such as the characters and figures described above, the viewpoint can be adjusted at the user's discretion, so if the question is asked "Who is this car?" , B
An answer can be made by clicking a check box of an appropriate answer from the answer branches of MW, VOLVO, and TOYOTA. Further, when the question of where is the exhibition hall displayed in FIG. 60 is set, the user can operate the viewpoint of the hall by dragging the mouse to obtain more detailed image information. It can also be improved. Furthermore, since the displayed image information can be enlarged by zooming in by operating the mouse, the human interface can be further improved.

In the above embodiment, the questions are sequentially read from the question table 20 or 40 and displayed on the website. In the present embodiment, the question table 2 is read.
Read the questions digitally stored at 0 or 40 in random order using random numbers or a predetermined algorithm,
It can be displayed on the website. In particular, when the present invention is applied to a test or a questionnaire in which the user is dissatisfied with the fixed questions, it is possible to assemble a variety of questions, and there is an advantage that the user is not bored. Further, in order to enhance the credibility of the answer from the user, the content of the answer is compared with the respondent's personal information to determine whether or not the answer is valid, and the determination result is fixedly stored in the answer table 60 as digital information. Can be. For example, it is possible to judge whether or not a woman responds to a shaving questionnaire based on gender by a screening process, or that a questionnaire response to a feeling of use of a high-priced product is invalid based on annual income. In addition, when conducting a test, the web server calculates the test result in real time by using the time-up function to remove incorrect answers or use the present embodiment if you want to know the test result immediately. Can reply to respondents. For example, the response result can be displayed in a server area provided for each respondent, but the result may be transmitted through e-mail. In this case, since the respondent can immediately confirm his / her own deviation value and the order of the test on the display, it goes without saying that the present system is richer in real-time than the test system conventionally implemented. In addition, when a wrong answer is given in the answer result or the test result, the user should display the correct answer site on the display by clicking a burner or a button linking to a site explaining the correct answer to check the incorrect answer item. Can be. In this case, by displaying an advertisement of a company or a school corporation on the correct answer explanation site, it is possible to more accurately provide information that the respondent may be interested in. Companies and school corporations can also provide rewards for exams or questionnaire websites based on the number of respondents who have accessed the answer explanation site. The reward may be a bank transfer of cash, or may be pointed up to a service card issued by a company or school corporation and returned to a questionnaire or test site operator and respondents at a later date. According to the electronic totaling system configured as described above, the more the respondent accesses the questionnaire or the test site, the more the financial return can be obtained, so that the popularity of the site can be concentrated. Furthermore, the implementer of the questionnaire or test can arbitrarily select whether or not to transmit the total information of the questionnaire or test to the respondent. This is because there is information that is not appropriate to be disclosed depending on the content of the questionnaire or the test.

Thus, the electronic totaling system, for example,
In addition to text, graphics, and moving images, MP3, WAV files, and streaming audio information can be applied to questionnaires or tests. Further, when the present invention is executed on a digital computer, a computer or a CD in which software of an electronic totaling system is fixedly stored at a computer shop.
It can be implemented on the same day simply by purchasing a digital information storage medium such as VD and installing it on its own web server. Furthermore, the trial software can be downloaded from a website via a network, for example, the Internet, and the basic functions can be tested.

The present inventor also discloses the following matters relating to the present invention. That is, according to the present invention, question storage means for selecting question information including characters and graphics by a predetermined manual operation and storing the selected information as digital information via a communication network, and storing at least one answer format related to the predetermined question information Answer format display means for reading from the apparatus and displaying the answer format on a website; answer format storage means for storing one answer format selected from the answer formats by a predetermined manual operation as digital information via a communication network; Answer candidate storage means for editing at least two answer candidates corresponding to the format via a communication network and storing the same as digital information.

Further, the present invention provides a system including a question selecting device for reading out question information in a random order from a question storage device and displaying the information on a web site, and a logical operation device for summing up a user's answer to the question. Such is the case.

The present invention further provides a user information storage device for storing user-specific profile information including age, gender, and annual income, an answer storage device for collecting answers via a communication network and storing the information as digital information, A determination device that determines the consistency of the answer stored in the answer storage device based on the information, and when the determination result of the determination device is invalid, the answer is stored as digital information as an invalid answer, and the determination result is valid. The present invention relates to a system including a screening device that stores digital information as an effective answer.

Further, the present invention provides an event information acquiring apparatus for displaying question information on a web site and collecting answers from a user via a communication network, and evaluating answers to all the question information, and converting the evaluation result into digital information. The present invention relates to a system including: an evaluation device that stores the evaluation result and an evaluation result transmission device that transmits link information linking the evaluation result and the commentary to the respondent user in real time via a communication network.

Further, the present invention relates to a system further including a determination device for determining whether or not to transmit an evaluation result to a respondent user.

Still further, according to the present invention, there is provided a timer for displaying question information on a web site and measuring a time required for collecting answers from a user via a communication network.
The present invention relates to a system that further includes a determination device that determines that the answeree's answer is invalid when the timer times out.

Still further, the present invention further provides an image processing apparatus which displays question information in a spherical screen format, allows a user to select a predetermined position among 360 degrees vertically, horizontally and vertically by a graphic user interface function, and displays the selected position on a website. It depends on the system including.

Still further, according to the present invention, a question storing step of selecting question information including characters and figures by a predetermined manual operation and storing the selected information as digital information via a communication network, and at least one answer relating to the predetermined question information An answer format display step of reading the format from the storage device and displaying the answer format on a website; and an answer format storage step of storing one answer format selected from the answer formats by a predetermined manual operation as digital information via a communication network. And an answer candidate storing step of editing at least two answer candidates corresponding to the answer format via a communication network and storing the same as digital information.

Still further, the present invention provides a user information storing step of storing user-specific profile information including age, gender, and annual income, an answer storing step of collecting answers via a communication network and storing them as digital information, A determination step of determining the consistency of the answer stored in the answer storage device based on the information, and when the determination result is invalid, the answer is stored as digital information as an invalid answer,
A screening step of storing the answer as a valid answer as digital information when the judgment result is valid, and a program executed by a digital computer.

Still further, according to the present invention, an event information acquiring step of displaying question information on a web site and collecting answers from the user via a communication network, evaluating the answers to all the question information, and converting the evaluation result into digital information , And an evaluation result transmitting step of transmitting in real time link information linking the evaluation result and the commentary to the respondent user via the communication network.

According to the above means, the administrator can input the question information to the web server in plain text and the character information, and can obtain the effect of inputting image information such as a picture or a graph by selecting an icon. The effect of obtaining the result obtained in real time is obtained.

It should be noted that the electronic totaling system of the present invention is not limited to the above illustrated example, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Can be recorded and sold in an electronic storage medium using magnetism or light, and can also be downloaded via a communication network such as the Internet.

[0041]

As described above, according to the electronic totaling system of the present invention, an excellent effect that an administrator can freely write a question to a server and a respondent can obtain an answer result in real time can be obtained. I can play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional questionnaire system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of various information tables of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an administrator login of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a new setting of a question in the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of tallying and deleting questions in the electronic tallying system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of new creation and deletion of a questionnaire in the electronic tallying system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of duplication and correction of a questionnaire of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of questionnaire selection and administrator profile change of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a special management setting of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of setting of a company and a department of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of tallying of the electronic tallying system of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a respondent-side process of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a respondent side process of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a display front view of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 35 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 36 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 37 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 38 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 39 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 40 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 41 is a front view of a display screen of a questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 42 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 43 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 44 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 45 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 46 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 47 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 48 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 49 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 50 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 51 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 52 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 53 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 54 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 55 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 56 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 57 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 58 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 59 is a front view of the display screen of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

FIG. 60 is a front view of the display of the questionnaire tool of the electronic totaling system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 personal computer 5 intranet 6 in-house questionnaire 7 internet 8 questionnaire screen 10 administrator table 12 questionnaire table 14 answer table 16 personal table 18 company table 20 question table 22 table 24 box 26 box 28 box 30 management table 30 manager table 32 manager Screen menu 34 New question creation screen 36 New question preview screen 36 Question preview screen 38 Question creation processing 40 Question table 42 Screen 42 Question list screen 46 Question duplicate new question creation screen 48 Question correction screen 50 Question correction preview screen 52 Correction processing 54 Table 56 Deletion confirmation processing 60 Answer table 62 Administrator screen menu 64 New questionnaire creation screen 66 New questionnaire creation Menu screen 68 New question creation question selection screen 70 Correction processing 72 Questionnaire table 74 New questionnaire creation final preview processing 76 Questionnaire creation processing 78 Table 80 Questionnaire list screen 80 Deletion confirmation processing 82 Deletion processing 84 Questionnaire list screen 86 Questionnaire creation input screen 86 Duplication Questionnaire creation input screen 88 Duplicate questionnaire creation preview screen 90 Duplicate questionnaire creation question selection screen 92 Duplicate questionnaire creation final preview screen 94 Questionnaire creation processing 95 Correction processing 96 Questionnaire correction screen 100 Questionnaire correction question selection screen 104 Questionnaire correction final preview screen 106 Correction processing 108 Administrator screen menu 110 Administrator profile change screen 112 Confirmation processing 114 Registration 116 Screen 116 Execution Questionnaire selection screen 118 Preview screen 118 Conducted questionnaire selection preview screen 120 Questionnaire priority order determination screen 122 Preview 124 Registration processing 126 Administrator screen menu 128 Special committee management menu 128 Special management menu 130 New administrator registration screen 132 Preview processing 136 Administrator correction Registration screen 138 Preview processing 140 Registration processing 142 Administrator deletion screen 144 Confirmation processing 146 Deletion processing 148 Special management menu 150 Department setting screen 152 Enter company name 154 Confirmation processing 156 Confirmation processing 156 Registration processing 158 Company table 158 Company information table 160 Administrator Screen 160 Correction of company information 162 Selection of totaling questionnaire 164 Questionnaire totaling screen 166 Questionnaire totaling respondents list screen 170 Personal text Table 172 Questionnaire tallying question list screen 174 Questionnaire tallying screen 176 Personal information input 178 Personal information confirmation 180 Questionnaire selection 182 Questionnaire selection screen 184 Answer screen 186 Answer preview screen 188 Answer completion screen

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electronic counting system connected to a communication network, displaying question information for a user on a web site, and counting answers from the user to the question, wherein the question includes characters and graphics by a predetermined manual operation. Receiving means for selecting information and receiving question digital information via a communication network; answer information transmitting means for transmitting at least one answer format related to predetermined question information to the communication network; Answer format receiving means for receiving one answer format selected from the answer formats via the communication network, and answer candidate editing means for editing at least two answer candidates corresponding to the answer format via the communication network; , Including electronic tallying system. 2. An electronic tallying software program connected to a communication network, displaying question information for a user on a web site, and tallying answers from the user to the question. Receiving question digital information via a communication network by selecting question information including a figure, transmitting at least one answer format related to the predetermined question information to the communication network, Receiving an answer format selected from the answer formats by a manual operation through a communication network, and editing at least two answer candidates corresponding to the answer format via the communication network An electronic book to be executed on a digital computer, including an answer candidate editing step. Total program.