Computerized Polling System with Visual Answer Options
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack an efficient and automated method for soliciting advice from multiple social media connections in a visual format, requiring direct contact and manual processing of responses.
Innovation Solution
A computerized system with a graphical user interface that allows users to create polls with image or video answers, enabling simultaneous polling and automatic notification and result analysis across networked devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If direct contact with advisors is used to solicit opinions, then the quality of advice can be obtained, but it is time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a digital copy of the advice-solicitation process by transmitting poll questions and receiving responses through electronic devices. Instead of direct physical contact, the system uses networked devices to copy and distribute the polling interface to multiple respondents simultaneously, maintaining the quality of interaction while eliminating time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The polling system acts as an intermediary between the poll creator and respondents. The system server mediates the communication by distributing poll questions to selected contacts and collecting responses, replacing direct contact with an automated intermediate platform that handles all interactions efficiently.
2Productivity
If communication with large groups of contacts is performed remotely via social media systems, then direct individual contact is avoided, but automated polling with visual format is not available
Solution Approach 1:
The polling system integrates multiple functions into a single platform: it combines the efficiency of remote group communication with the versatility of visual format polling. The system can simultaneously handle large groups of contacts, present visual options (images, videos, GIFs), collect responses, and provide automated analysis, making it adaptable to various polling needs while maintaining high productivity.
3Reliability
If manual processing of responses is used, then individual attention to each response is possible, but the process is not efficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service functionality by automatically processing, analyzing, and compiling responses without requiring manual intervention. The server automatically receives responses from respondents, tallies the results, and presents the compiled data to the poll creator, enabling the system to serve itself in the response processing task while maintaining both efficiency and comprehensive attention to all responses.
4Loss of time
If simultaneous polling of multiple users is implemented, then time efficiency is improved, but automated visual polling system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system server acts as a centralized intermediary that manages the complexity of simultaneous polling. It handles user authentication, distributes poll questions to multiple respondents concurrently, collects responses from various devices, and compiles results automatically. This intermediary architecture consolidates the complexity into a single managed component while keeping individual user interactions simple and time-efficient.
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AI summary
A computerized polling system is provided. The polling system allows a polling user to ask a question posed to a plurality of answering users. The first user asks the questions and provides two or more graphical representations, each representation corresponding to one of the potential answers to the question. The system receives answers from the answering users and tallies them, providing a result with indications of how the answering users have answered, such as a percentage marking.