JP2003030376A - Questionnaire system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify and select objective persons who are requested to answer questionnaires under desired conditions. SOLUTION: A WWW server 2 when receiving a request for questionnaire research from a terminal 9 receives attribute information on the sex, age, hobby, special ability, etc., from the user of a mobile terminal 4 and registers the user as a questionnaire object candidate (S1 to S4). When the questionnaire research is conducted, it is decided (S10 to S15) whether current position information received from the questionnaire object candidate and the registered attribute information meet monitor conditions that the questionnaire research request source desires. When so, questions of the questionnaire research are sent to the questionnaire object candidate corresponding to the decision result and answers are received (S17 to S21). Thus, only candidates corresponding to the attribute information of the current position information meeting the desired monitor conditions can be selected out of questionnaire object candidates and the questionnaire research can be conducted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a questionnaire system, and more particularly to a questionnaire system for conducting a questionnaire survey using a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Market research is carried out as an important position in various fields such as business strategy of companies, product development, government policy, and business planning of educational institutions.
For example, telephone research, street survey,
Questionnaires at various event venues, questionnaires using direct mail, and recently, questionnaires with sweepstakes on the Internet are also being actively conducted.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Conventional so-called human-nautical tactical methods such as telephone research, street questionnaires, and questionnaire surveys at various event venues require maintenance costs, especially personnel costs, in order to operate them. Pass. Also,
In the questionnaire using direct mail, it was difficult to conduct a wide-area survey because the costs such as the round-trip mailing cost, printing fee, and material preparation cost were enormous. On the other hand, the questionnaire format with a prize using the Internet is effective as a method for solving the problems such as the high cost and the restriction of the target area.

However, this questionnaire method using the Internet is effective when the target person has no condition or when the condition is wide, but it is effective for a resident in a specific area, a specific occupation, and a specific gender. It was not possible to send information about the questionnaire only to those who were limited to the questionnaire, such as the target and the specific generation. For this reason, when it is desired to limit the surveyees by conditions such as location, it was impossible to recruit questionnaires only to Internet users who meet the conditions. There is also a method of indicating the survey recruitment conditions,
It is quite possible to spoof a reply if it is a prize item, and the obtained data is not reliable.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a questionnaire system capable of specifying and selecting a target person who requests a reply to a questionnaire survey under desired conditions.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A questionnaire system according to an aspect of the present invention is a questionnaire system for carrying out a questionnaire survey through a communication line, and the questionnaire system is selected from a plurality of questionnaire target candidates which can be a subject of the questionnaire survey. Whether or not the related information receiving means for receiving the related information related to the target candidate and the related information received by the related information receiving means match the desired condition data for specifying the target for which the response to the questionnaire survey is requested. The determination means includes a determination means, and a survey means for transmitting a questionnaire survey question and receiving an answer from a questionnaire target candidate corresponding to a determination result that the determination means match among the plurality of questionnaire target candidates.

Therefore, the survey means can select and extract the questionnaire target candidate corresponding to the related information matching the desired condition data from the plurality of questionnaire target candidates.

Therefore, it is possible to carry out the questionnaire survey only on the object candidates that match the desired condition data for specifying the object for which the answer of the questionnaire survey should be sought from among the plurality of respondent candidates.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the related information may include position information indicating the location when the questionnaire survey of the corresponding questionnaire target candidates is conducted.

Therefore, the questionnaire survey can be carried out only on the questionnaire target candidates located at the desired location indicated by the desired condition data.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the position information may indicate the current position of the questionnaire target candidate.

Therefore, it is possible to carry out the questionnaire survey only on the questionnaire target candidates currently located at the desired location indicated by the desired condition data.

The above-mentioned questionnaire system may further include a terminal having a communication function which is operated by the questionnaire target candidate and communicates with the related information receiving means and the survey means.

Therefore, the questionnaire target candidates can be targeted for the questionnaire survey by communicating by operating the terminal.

In the above questionnaire system, the terminals are
It may be a mobile terminal. Therefore, the questionnaire target candidate can be a target of the questionnaire survey without being restricted by time and place by communicating via the mobile terminal.

In the above questionnaire system, the communication function of the mobile terminal is 800 MHz band, 1.5 GHz band,
Radio waves in the 1.9 GHz band, the 2.4 GHz band, the 5 GHz band, and higher millimeter waves and quasi-millimeter waves may be used.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the location may be the location of the mobile terminal specified by GPS (global positioning system).

Therefore, since the position can be detected by using GPS, highly accurate position information can be obtained.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the location may be specified based on the position information of the base station corresponding to the mobile terminal.

Therefore, since the position can be specified on the basis of the position information of the base station of the mobile terminal, it is possible to avoid a cost increase factor such as mounting a GPS antenna.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the location may be specified by the information inputted from the outside in the mobile terminal.

Therefore, the GP of the GP can be realized without increasing the cost of the terminal or incorporating the mechanism for analyzing the position information in the base station.
Height information that cannot be determined by S or the like can be transmitted, and even a specific store or facility can be specified.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the terminal is
It may have a key input unit operated for inputting information, and the answer may be made by operating a corresponding key of the key input unit.

Therefore, the answer to the questionnaire survey can be easily performed by key operation.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the survey means sends an inquiry as to whether or not to answer the questionnaire survey to the questionnaire target candidates corresponding to the determination result that the determination means match, and receives the response. It is also possible to have a means for asking a question of the questionnaire survey to the questionnaire target candidate that has transmitted the response that the inquiry by the inquiry means is answered, and receive the answer.

Therefore, when the questionnaire survey is carried out for the questionnaire candidate identified as the subject for which the questionnaire survey is sought, an inquiry is made as to whether or not the questionnaire survey is to be answered, and if a response is answered. Only a questionnaire survey will be conducted.

Therefore, it is possible to avoid the fact that the questionnaire survey is unintentionally carried out on the questionnaire target candidates.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, questions and answers may be made by electronic mail. Therefore, a questionnaire survey can be conducted via email.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, questions and answers may be given by voice. Therefore, even if the survey target candidate does not have the e-mail transmission / reception function, the survey can be conducted by voice.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the related information may include unique information about the corresponding questionnaire target candidate. Therefore, the target of the questionnaire survey can be specified from the questionnaire target candidates by the unique information.

In the above-described questionnaire system, the related information receiving means receives the unique information transmitted from the plurality of questionnaire target candidates at the time of recruiting the questionnaire target candidates and the unique information receiving means. It has unique information registration means for registering unique information for each corresponding questionnaire target candidate.

Therefore, if the questionnaire target candidate transmits the unique information at the time of recruiting the questionnaire candidate, the unique information will be registered and saved, so that the unique information needs to be transmitted at the time of conducting the questionnaire survey thereafter. Communication costs can be reduced and labor for questionnaire surveys can be reduced accordingly.

In the communication system described above, the unique information may include information on the sex, age, occupation and hobby of the corresponding questionnaire candidate.

Therefore, of the candidates for the questionnaire,
Based on the information about gender, age, occupation, and hobbies, it is possible to identify the target for which the questionnaire survey should be answered.

In the above-mentioned communication system, the processing for totalizing the answers received by the surveying means and performing predetermined processing, and the processing for transmitting and presenting the predetermined processing result by the totaling processing means via the communication line. A result presentation unit may be further provided.

Therefore, the answers to the questionnaire survey carried out by the survey means can be aggregated and subjected to predetermined processing, and the result can be transmitted and presented via the communication line.

In the communication system described above, the predetermined processing result by the totalization processing means may be sold through the communication line, so that higher profit can be obtained.

The above-mentioned predetermined processing includes ranking, classification,
Comparison processing, aging processing, prediction processing and non-linear analysis processing may be included.

Therefore, since the aggregated answers can be presented in variously processed forms, it is possible to present the results of the questionnaire with added value, as compared with the case where the answers are simply aggregated and presented. Therefore, when presented to the requester of the questionnaire survey, a higher quality service can be provided.

In the communication system described above, the processing result presenting means may present the predetermined processing result to the request source of the questionnaire survey.

Therefore, the requester of the questionnaire survey can make a request and can obtain and obtain the predetermined processing result of the survey via the communication line without having to go out thereafter.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the processing result presenting means publishes and presents the predetermined processing result via the communication line.

Therefore, since there is a possibility that a third party who has seen the predetermined processing result of the published questionnaire survey will be the request source of the new questionnaire survey, an advertisement opportunity for client acquisition regarding the questionnaire survey will be provided. Can be obtained.

Further, by being made public, it is possible to activate the operation with a kind of entertainment.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, a privilege based on the results of answers may be given to the requester of the questionnaire survey. This privilege may be, for example, a discount on the fee for conducting the questionnaire survey.
By granting this privilege, the request source can be expected to request the questionnaire survey again.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the privilege may be given to the questionnaire target candidates based on the results of answers to the questions. This privilege may be a bounty, for example. By granting the privilege, it is possible to collect the survey target candidates more efficiently.

In the above-mentioned questionnaire system, the questionnaire survey may include a preference survey about the image. It may also include a music preference survey. Therefore, popularity votes for images and music can be implemented.

A questionnaire method according to another aspect of the present invention is a questionnaire method for carrying out a questionnaire survey via a communication line, and relates to the questionnaire subject candidate from a plurality of questionnaire subject candidates which can be the subject of the questionnaire survey. A related information receiving step of receiving related information, and a judging step of judging whether or not each of the related information received by the related information receiving step matches desired condition data for specifying an object for which a response to a questionnaire survey is requested. A survey step for transmitting a question of the questionnaire survey and receiving an answer from the questionnaire subject candidate corresponding to the determination result that the determination step matches among the plurality of questionnaire subject candidates.

A program for executing the above-mentioned questionnaire method by a computer is recorded on a machine-readable recording medium according to still another aspect of the present invention.

A program according to still another aspect of the present invention is a program for executing the above-mentioned questionnaire method by a computer.

[0051]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a questionnaire execution system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the questionnaire implementation system is, for example, a wide area network 1 such as the Internet, and a WWW (worl) communicatively connected to the wide area network 1.
d wide web) server 2, DB (abbreviation of database) system 3, mobile terminal 4 having mobile communication and information processing functions, terminal 5 fixedly installed having communication and information processing functions, questionnaire survey A terminal 9 operated to request and having a communication and information processing function, a protocol conversion GW (abbreviation of gateway) 8, and a satellite 7 for GPS (global positioning system)
including. Note that the mobile terminals 4, 5 and 9 are actually
Also, a plurality of protocol conversion GWs 8 are provided.

The mobile terminal 4 is carried by a questionnaire respondent, etc., detects the current position of the mobile terminal 4 according to GPS while communicating with the satellite 7, and is connected to the wide area network 1 via the protocol conversion GW 8. It
The protocol conversion GW 8 is a master station (base station) of the mobile terminal 4.
Function as.

The WWW server 2 is installed on the wide area network 1 to provide a questionnaire service. WWW
Web content indicating information about the questionnaire service, etc. as the content published by the server 2 via the wide area network 1, and CGI (common gateway inter
face) A program execution environment or a servlet execution environment is constructed.

The DB system 3 has a function of registering the respondent information 3A and the questionnaire information 3B as will be described later, and has a function of storing the information about the questionnaire respondents and the information about the questionnaire requested to be executed. Have. Requests from the WWW server 2 to the DB system 3 are generally used SQL (Structured Query Lan).
guage) etc., but is not limited to this language. The result processed by the DB system 3 is returned to the WWW server 2, processed by a predetermined application on the WWW server 2, and then published on the Web.

The mobile terminal 4 is a portable telephone or PHS (pe
A portable terminal with a communication function such as a rsonal handy phone system) or a notebook personal computer with a communication function, the communication line being 800 MHz band, 1.5G
Hz band, 1.9 GHz band, 2.4 GHz band and 5 GHz
It is possible to use radio waves for mobile communication such as z-band, millimeter wave, quasi-millimeter wave, and the like higher than that. If the i-mode (R) service of NTT DoCoMo is applied to the communication of the mobile terminal 4, the protocol conversion GW8
GRIMM (Gateway Service Representive I
The gateway server called nternet Market Mobile Exchange) is applied. With this gateway, HTTP (Hype
It is possible to perform conversion between rtext Transport Protocol) and i-mode (R) compact HTML (hypertext markup language). Also, as the mobile terminal 4, W
When a terminal to which a universal protocol called AP (wireless application protocol) is applied is used, what is called a WAP gateway is arranged as the protocol conversion GW 8 and HTTP used on the Internet of the wide area network 1 is used. Conversion with WAP is performed by this gateway. CdmaOn
e corresponds to this method.

In the first embodiment, a known method using the GPS satellite 7 as the position detecting function of the mobile terminal 4 is applied. The position detecting function is not limited to this, but a position detecting function using the base information of the mobile phone may be used.

In this system, the terminal 5 and the mobile terminal 4 are
Is operated by the respondent candidates who can be the respondents of the questionnaire, and the terminal 9 is operated by the person who requests the implementation of the questionnaire service.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the WWW server 2 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, a WWW server 2 is a monitor 110 including a CRT (cathode ray tube) and a CPU (abbreviation of central processing unit) 1 for centrally controlling the computer itself.
22, a memory 1 including a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a RAM (abbreviation of random access memory)
24, a fixed disk 126, and an FD (flexible disk) 132 are detachably mounted, and the mounted FD1
FD drive device 130 for accessing 32, CD-ROM
A (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) 142 is detachably mounted, and a CD-ROM drive 140 and a keyboard 1 for accessing the mounted CD-ROM 142.
The communication interface 180 for communicatively connecting the WWW server 2 with the mouse 50, the mouse 160, the pen tablet 170, the wide area network 1 is included. These respective units are communicatively connected via a bus.

The WWW server 2 may be provided with a magnetic tape device in which a cassette-type magnetic tape is detachably mounted and which accesses the magnetic tape.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the respondent information 3A registered in the DB system 3 of FIG. FIG. 4 shows D of FIG.
It is a figure which shows the content of the questionnaire information 3B registered into the B system 3. In FIG. 3, the respondent information 3A is information related to the respondent candidate registered in the questionnaire system, that is, each of the potential respondents, that is, identification information 31 for uniquely identifying the respondent, and the respondent. Position information 32 for indicating the present position of the respondent, basic attribute data 33 indicating the gender, age (date of birth), occupation, hobby, special skill, etc. of the respondent, history other than the basic attribute data 33 for the respondent, It includes other data 34 including language ability, family structure, etc., and answer record data 35 indicating the record of answers to the questions in the questionnaire about the respondent. It can be said that the basic attribute data and the other data 34 are information peculiar to the corresponding respondent candidates themselves.

Referring to FIG. 4, the questionnaire information 3B includes
Identification information 36 for each of the questionnaires requested to be executed in the system, questionnaire request condition data 37 indicating the conditions for identifying the respondents who should obtain an answer to the questionnaire survey, and survey contents of the corresponding questionnaire are shown. It includes questionnaire content data 38 and questionnaire response data 39 indicating answers to the corresponding questionnaire survey contents. Questionnaire data 38
Consists of multiple questions for a questionnaire survey.

The outline of the questionnaire service will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the person who requests the questionnaire operation operates the terminal 9 to request the questionnaire service operator corresponding to the WWW server 2 to execute the questionnaire. This questionnaire request is made by the questionnaire requester operating the terminal 9 to access the WWW server 2 via the wide area network 1. At the time of this survey request, the survey requester uses the address, age, gender, and other conditions according to the purpose of the survey as the target of the survey response, or a combination of two or more. Can be limited. The information about the questionnaire thus requested is registered as questionnaire information 3B in the DB system 3 via the wide area network 1 by the WWW server 2. The information registered at this time is the identification information 36 and the questionnaire request condition data 37.
And the questionnaire content data 38.

Here, it is assumed that the respondents to the questionnaire are those who carry the mobile terminal 4. Mobile terminal 4
Has a position detecting function as described above and further has a function of periodically accessing the WWW server 2 via the wide area network 1. With such a function, the mobile terminal 4 carried by the respondent periodically transmits the current position information detected by itself to the WWW server 2 via the wide area network 1.
In this case, the function of detecting the own position information of the mobile terminal 4 may be a method using GPS via the satellite 7, or a detection method based on the master station information of the mobile terminal 4. Alternatively, it may be set by itself.

WW for accepting position information from mobile terminal 4
The W server 2 sends the ID (identification information) for identifying the respondent carrying the mobile terminal 4 and the received position information to the S
DB system 3 via wide area network 1 using QL
Send to.

In the DB system 3, the respondent information 3A is searched based on the ID received from the WWW server 2 to identify the corresponding identification information 31, and the basic attribute data 33 corresponding to the identified identification information 31 is extracted. Then, it collates whether or not it matches the questionnaire request condition data 37 for the questionnaire currently being conducted, and transmits the collation result to the WWW server 2 via the wide area network 1.

When the WWW server 2 receives the collation result as described above from the DB system 3, the collation result shows the contents of the basic attribute data 33 as the questionnaire request condition data 3.
If the answer is 7, the request for the questionnaire response is sent to the mobile terminal 4 of the respondent via the wide area network 1 and the protocol conversion GW 8 using an electronic mail, and is notified. As another method, the browser application preinstalled on the mobile terminal 4 may be connected to the WWW server 2 to obtain the above-mentioned matching result. Still another method may be a method of calling from an application on the protocol conversion GW 8.

The respondent who has been notified of the questionnaire request determines whether or not to answer the requested questionnaire, and operates the mobile terminal 4 to carry the result.
Notify the WW server 2. At this time, since the respondent uses the user ID and password assigned in advance, the other person cannot access by a so-called spoofing act.
This user ID and password may be recorded by the cookie function of the corresponding mobile terminal 4.

The WWW server 2 receives the notification from the respondent as to whether or not to reply, and when the received notification indicates "Do not answer the questionnaire", only the end response is sent to the respondent's mobile terminal. 4 is sent.

On the other hand, if the accepted notification indicates “answer the questionnaire”, the corresponding questionnaire content data 38 is read from the DB system 3 and the question 1 of the questionnaire content data 38 read to the respondent's mobile terminal 4 is read. Is attached and the response is returned.

Next, when the answerer to the question 1 is transmitted from the respondent of the mobile terminal 4 to the WWW server 2, the WWW server 2 accepts it and transmits it to the DB system 3, and the corresponding questionnaire content data 38 Question 2 is received and transmitted to the respondent's mobile terminal 4. After that, similar processing is performed for the number of prepared questions in the corresponding questionnaire content data 38, and when all prepared questions are completed, the questionnaire is completed.

The result of the above-mentioned question-answer questionnaire is the questionnaire answer data 39 corresponding to the DB system 3.
Will be registered and stored at
The server 2 collects and analyzes the questionnaire response data 39, and the result is transmitted to the terminal 9 of the questionnaire requester.

The mechanism for operating such a questionnaire system as a business is as follows. First,
The requester who requests the questionnaire implementation operates the corresponding terminal 9 to apply for the questionnaire implementation request to the WWW server 2 managed by the system operator. A predetermined fee is paid to the system operator before or after executing the questionnaire. The system operator pays a predetermined reward to the respondent who holds the mobile terminal 4 and answers the questionnaire.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing, as a sequence, a procedure for executing a questionnaire according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The sequence consists of parts AD as shown. Figure 5
The questionnaire implementation procedure will be explained in accordance with the sequence.

Part A shows an initial procedure from member registration as a questionnaire respondent candidate to downloading of questionnaire application software. In the part A, first, the registration of the questionnaire respondent candidates is recruited by the advertising content disclosed on the wide area network 1. As another method, a method using a medium such as television commercials, newspaper advertisements, magazine advertisements, or the like may be used.

Of the carriers of the mobile terminal 4, those who wish to register as members after seeing the advertisement for registering the questionnaire respondents can use the URL (uniform resource loc) from the Web browser.
information) or a hyperlink to access the WWW server 2 (step S1, hereinafter step S is simply abbreviated as S), and the detailed information of the recruitment contents is received and confirmed (S2). As a result of checking the detailed information, if you wish to register as a survey respondent, please re-enter the WWW server 2
To perform registration procedure (S3, S4). Specifically, since the date of birth, occupation, hobby, special skill, etc. of the carrier of the mobile terminal 4 are transmitted, this is the basic attribute data 3
3 and other information is also transmitted, so that the other data 34 is registered in the respondent information 3A of the DB system 3 via the WWW server 2. It is important to build a highly secure system so that these personal information will not be used illegally. As a result, for each of a plurality of candidate respondents who can request a response to the questionnaire survey, information related to the candidate is registered.

Next, the registration completion notice and the corresponding identification information 31 as the authentication password are notified from the DB system 3 via the WWW server 2 to the mobile terminal 4 registered as the questionnaire respondent. (S5, S6).

The carrier of the mobile terminal 4 notified of the identification information 31 again uses the notified identification information 31 for the WW.
The WWW server 2 is connected to the W server 2 to make a download request for the terminal side application software of this system (hereinafter referred to as a terminal side application).
The terminal side application is downloaded and installed in the mobile terminal 4 via the wide area network 1 (S7, S8). This terminal-side application is, for example, Java executed on the Java (R) VM.
An a (R) applet or the like can be used.

With the above, the member registration procedure as a questionnaire respondent and the initial procedure such as application introduction are completed.

Next, the procedure of part B will be described. Part B shows a sequence in which the terminal-side application is being executed in the mobile terminal 4 of the respondent who is registered as a member. One of the terminal side applications downloaded and installed in the mobile terminal 4 has a current position detection function. The current position detection function is to calculate the current position information of the mobile terminal 4 using the radio wave information transmitted from the GPS satellite 7, for example. Alternatively, the current location area of the mobile terminal 4 is specified based on the information of the corresponding master station of the mobile terminal 4.

Another function of the terminal side application is to periodically make a connection request to the WWW server 2 (S9). The data transmitted at the time of the connection request is the identification information 31 notified to the mobile terminal 4 carrier registered as the questionnaire respondent and the detected current position information. When the WWW server 2 receives this periodic connection request, the WWW server 2 transfers the identification information 31 and the current position information received at this time to the DB system 3. Therefore, the current position received in the position information 32 corresponding to the received identification information 31 is received. The information is registered, and the corresponding registered position information 32, basic attribute data 33, and other data 34 are searched, and the searched data and the questionnaire request condition data 37 of the questionnaire currently requested to be executed. Are collated and it is determined whether or not they match (S1).
0, S11). In the part B, the sequence when no match is described. If there is no match, DB system 3
Is transmitted to the WWW server 2, and the session is terminated at that point.

According to the questionnaire content data 38 indicating the conditions of the respondents to the questionnaire, for example, “a teenager who is located in Tokyo's 23 wards from 8:00 to 5:00 on weekdays” or “located in Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture” It is possible to condition such as "the university student who is". The data to be collated at this time is the position information 32 indicating the current position transmitted from the mobile terminal 4 and registered, or the basic attribute registered in the respondent information 3A of the DB system 3 which is input at the time of member registration. The data 33 or the other data 34. Therefore, the more detailed the basic attribute data 33 or other data 34 at the time of member registration, the finer the conditions of the questionnaire request condition data 37 of the requested questionnaire can be requested, and the obtained data can be analyzed. It can be reflected in the improvement of efficiency.

The part C shows the sequence in the case of matching as a result of the above collation. In this case, the WWW server 2 that has received the notification of the match notifies the respondent of the mobile terminal 4 of that fact. In other words, a notice is given such as "You have met the questionnaire request conditions. Do you want to answer?" (S13 to S1)
6). In this case, as the notification method, in addition to the notification by email, there are a method of calling, a method of displaying a Web page, and the like.

The part D shows the sequence from the response to the above-mentioned notification to the end. If the response from the respondent to the above notification is “do not answer the questionnaire”, the series of sequences ends here. On the other hand, if the respondents get a reply of "answer the questionnaire", WW
The W server 2 asks the respondents of the mobile terminal 4 questions Qi (i = 1, 2, 3, ..., Of the questionnaire content data 38).
n) is transmitted and the answer Ai to this is received (S1).
7-S21). As an answering method at this time, since answering by inputting characters on the mobile terminal 4 is time-consuming, it is possible to assign an answering option and a dial key so that a quick answer can be given.

The exchange of the question Qi and the answer Ai described above may be performed by electronic mail, or may be performed by voice communication.

When all the questions Qi based on the questionnaire content data 38 requested by the above procedure are completed,
When the WWW server 2 registers the answer Ai obtained as a result in the corresponding questionnaire reply data 39 in the questionnaire information 3B of the DB system 3 and accepts the notification of the completion of registration, the notification of the end of the questionnaire is sent to the mobile terminal 4. Notify the respondent (S22 to S24). At this time, the WWW server 2 may give reward points to the respondents for answering the questionnaire, and may update the corresponding answer record data 35 according to the answers to the questions.

The points given are the response record data 35.
According to the points or the response record data 35, the respondent is provided with some privilege such as a discount of communication cost through the wide area network 1, award of a prize, etc. May be obtained over a wider range.

Further, the requester of the questionnaire survey may be provided with a privilege based on the results of the answers. This privilege may be, for example, a discount on the fee for conducting the questionnaire survey. It can be expected that the requester will once again become the requester of the questionnaire survey by this privilege grant.

After that, the WWW server 2 totals the questionnaire response data 39 accumulated in the questionnaire information 3B of the DB system 3 according to a predetermined procedure, notifies the questionnaire result to the terminal 9 of the questionnaire requester, and executes a series of processes. It ends (S25).

In the notification of the questionnaire result to the questionnaire requester, in addition to notifying the total contents of the questionnaire result, prediction analysis, nonlinear analysis, comparison with past questionnaire result data, statistical processing, ranking processing, classification processing, It is possible to add value to the aggregated questionnaire response data 39 by performing comparison processing, aggregation processing based on changes over time, and the like.

Further, the questionnaire result shown by the questionnaire response data 39 is published on the wide area network 1,
It is also possible to bring about an effective advertising effect by operating it as a kind of content having entertainment such as a so-called popularity vote. In this case, in addition to the person and the character, the preference regarding the music data and the image data may be asked, and the popularity vote may be given by answering the question. The target of disclosure may be only the respondent candidates registered in the respondent information 3A, or may be the general public who can connect to the public network 1 including the registered respondent candidates.

On the contrary, instead of disclosing the total result of the questionnaire response data 39 on the wide area network 1,
You may sell these data to the person who needs it by an auction.

FIG. 6 shows screens 11a to 11i displayed on the mobile terminal 4 in the sequence processing of FIG. The screen 11a is a display screen of "inquiry as to whether or not to answer because the monitor conditions are met" in the part C of FIG. When the respondents corresponding to the questionnaire request condition data 37 send "Do not answer (0 #)", the screen 11b is displayed and a series of messages such as "[END] Please use again" are displayed. The information up to the end of the process is shown.

On the other hand, when "Reply (1 #)" is transmitted with reference to the screen 11a, the screen 11c is displayed. On the screen 11c, the question Q1 of the questionnaire is presented with a setting such as "[Q1] Are you interested in fashion?". An example is shown in which the content of the next question Q2 is changed by the content of the answer A1 in this case. Below, if you answered that you are interested in screen 11c, screen 1
1e and 11g are displayed, the questions Q2 and Q3 are presented, and finally, the screen 11i is displayed and the series of processing ends.

On the other hand, when "I am not interested (0 #)" is transmitted as the answer A1 to the screen 11c, the screen 1
1d and 11f are displayed, the questions Q2 and Q3 are presented, and finally the screen 11h is displayed and the questionnaire ends.

Here, the person who answers the questionnaire is assumed to be the carrier of the mobile terminal 4, but the terminal 5 fixedly installed.
May be the operator. Since the position information of the terminal 5 is fixed, it is not necessary to repeatedly transmit the current position information from the terminal 5. If the operator of the terminal 5 is the respondent to the questionnaire, the terminal 5 will be used during the member registration procedure in part A of FIG.
The position information, basic attribute data 33, and other data 34 are transmitted and registered. The WWW server 2 periodically returns to S in FIG.
The process of 14 may be performed, and only the operator of the matched terminal 5 may be requested to connect (S15), and thereafter, the operator of the terminal 5 may be similarly processed to be the subject of the questionnaire response.

As explained above, it is possible to select the respondents of the questionnaire so as to match the questionnaire request condition data 37 set by the questionnaire requester for limiting the questionnaire target person and carry out the questionnaire. it can.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment will be described.

The system having the processing functions described above is realized by a program. In the second embodiment, this program is stored in a machine-readable recording medium such as a computer.

In the second embodiment, as this recording medium, a memory necessary for the processing to be performed by the WWW server 2 in FIG. 2, for example, the ROM of the memory 124 itself may be a program medium. Further, a program reading device such as a magnetic tape device and a CD-ROM drive device 40 is provided as an external storage device, and a magnetic tape or a CD-ROM 142 as a recording medium is provided therein.
It may be a program medium that can be read by inserting. In either case, the stored program may be accessed and executed by the CPU 122, or in any case, the program is once read and the read program is stored in the apparatus of FIG. A predetermined program storage area, for example, the memory 12
The method may be such that it is once loaded into the RAM 4 or the like and is read and executed by the CPU 122. It is assumed that this loading program is stored in the WWW server 2 in advance.

Here, the above program medium is W
A recording medium that can be separated from the main body of the WW server 2, such as a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape, and an FD.
A magnetic disk such as 132 or a fixed disk 126 or a CD
-ROM142 / MO (Magnetic Optical Disc) /
MD (Mini Disc) / DVD (Digital Versatile Di
sc) optical disk system, IC card (including memory card) / optical card system, mask ROM, EPROM (Erasable and Programma)
ble ROM), EEPROM (Electrically EPRO
M), a medium including a semiconductor memory such as a flash ROM, which fixedly carries the program may be used.

Further, in the second embodiment, WWW
Since the server 2 is configured to be connectable to the wide area network 1 including the Internet, it may be a medium that fluidly carries the program such that the program is downloaded from the wide area network 1. When the program is downloaded from the wide area network 1 in this way, the download program is stored in the WWW server 2 main body in advance, or is installed in the WWW server 2 main body from another recording medium in advance. It may be one.

The content stored in the recording medium is not limited to the program and may be data.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description but by the claims, and is intended to include meanings equivalent to the claims and all modifications within the scope.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a questionnaire execution system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the WWW server of FIG.

3 is a diagram showing the contents of respondent information registered in the DB system of FIG.

4 is a diagram showing the contents of questionnaire information registered in the DB system of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing, as a sequence, a procedure for performing a questionnaire according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on the mobile terminal in the sequence processing of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 wide area network, 2 WWW server, 3 DB system, 4 mobile terminals, 5, 9 terminals, 7 satellites, 8
Protocol conversion GW, 11a to 11i display screen.

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Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. A questionnaire system for carrying out a questionnaire survey via a communication line, wherein the related information receiving means receives relevant information related to the questionnaire candidate from a plurality of questionnaire candidates that can be the subject of the questionnaire survey. A determination unit that determines whether or not each of the related information received by the related information receiving unit matches desired condition data for specifying a target for which a response to the questionnaire survey is sought; A questionnaire system, comprising: a survey means for transmitting the question of the questionnaire survey and receiving an answer from the questionnaire target candidate corresponding to the determination result that the determination means matches among the candidates. 2. The questionnaire system according to claim 1, wherein the related information includes position information indicating a location of the corresponding questionnaire target candidate when the questionnaire survey is conducted. 3. The questionnaire system according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal having a communication function which is operated by the questionnaire target candidate and communicates with the related information receiving unit and the surveying unit. . 4. The questionnaire system according to claim 3, wherein the terminal is a mobile terminal. 5. The position is GPS (global position).
ing system) is the position of the mobile terminal specified by the questionnaire system. 6. The questionnaire system according to claim 4, wherein the location is specified based on position information of a base station corresponding to the mobile terminal. 7. The questionnaire system according to claim 4, wherein the location is specified by information input from the outside in the mobile terminal. 8. The inquiry means sends an inquiry as to whether or not to answer the questionnaire survey to the questionnaire target candidate corresponding to the determination result that the determination means matches, and receives the response. And a means for receiving the answer by asking the question of the questionnaire survey to the questionnaire target candidate who has transmitted a response to answer the inquiry by the inquiry means. The questionnaire system according to any one of 1 to 7. 9. The questionnaire system according to claim 1, wherein the question and the answer are made by electronic mail. 10. The questionnaire system according to claim 1, wherein the question and the answer are made by voice. 11. The questionnaire system according to claim 1, wherein the related information includes unique information about the corresponding questionnaire target candidate. 12. The related information receiving unit receives the unique information transmitted from the plurality of questionnaire target candidates at the time of recruiting the questionnaire target candidates, and the unique information receiving unit receives the unique information. The questionnaire system according to claim 11, further comprising: unique information registration means for registering the unique information for each corresponding candidate for questionnaire. 13. A totaling processing unit for totaling and predeterminedly processing the answers received by the surveying unit, and transmitting and presenting the predetermined processing result by the totaling processing unit via the communication line. The questionnaire system according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising a processing result presentation unit. 14. The questionnaire system according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined processing result by the totalization processing means is sold through the communication line. 15. The predetermined processing includes ranking, classification,
The comparison process, the aging process, the prediction process and the non-linear analysis process are included.
Questionnaire system described in. 16. The questionnaire system according to claim 13, wherein the processing result presenting means presents the predetermined processing result to a requester who carries out the questionnaire survey. 17. The questionnaire system according to claim 13, wherein the processing result presenting means publicly presents the predetermined processing result via the communication line. 18. The privilege is given to the candidate for the questionnaire or the requester for conducting the questionnaire survey based on the record of the answer to the question, according to any one of claims 1 to 17. Described questionnaire system. 19. The questionnaire system according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the questionnaire survey includes a preference survey for images. 20. The questionnaire system according to claim 1, wherein the questionnaire survey includes a music preference survey.