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  • Optimizing Market Research Based on Mobile Respondent Location
    Publication number: 20130332235
    Abstract: Systems and method for conducting meaningful market research on respondents using mobile devices. Data relating to mobile respondent location is leveraged to initiate more effective market research applications such as surveys. Using a mobile respondent's location, a market research enterprise initiates market research specifically related to that location. The market research applications may be transmitted to a mobile respondent using a number of different mechanisms such as push message, text message, email, etc. Also, mobile respondents may download and install an application that allows them to quickly access the market research applications and transmit the market research data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Palanivel Kuppusamy
  • Optimizing Market Research Based on Mobile Respondent Behavior
    Publication number: 20130332236
    Abstract: Systems and method for conducting meaningful market research on respondents using mobile devices. Data relating to mobile respondent behavior is leveraged to initiate more effective market research applications such as surveys. Using a mobile respondent's behavior, a market research enterprise initiates market research specifically related to that behavior. The market research applications may be transmitted to a mobile respondent using a number of different mechanisms such as push messages, text messages, SRS messages, emails, etc. Also, mobile respondents may download and install an application that allows them to quickly access the market research applications and transmit the market research data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Palanivel Kuppusamy
  • PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR A MARKET RESEARCH PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20220277326
    Abstract: Techniques for improving performance and quality in a market research platform include: obtaining first usage data of a first set of survey respondents to a first market research survey, the first market research survey being associated with a first tenant of a multi-tenant market research survey platform and conforming to a market research survey template provided by the platform; obtaining second usage data of a second set of survey respondents to a second market research survey, the second market research survey being associated with a second tenant of the platform and conforming to the market research survey template; generating a template-specific quality filter associated with the market research survey template, based at least on the first usage data and the second usage data; and based at least on the template-specific quality filter and third usage data of a particular survey respondent, identifying the particular survey respondent as a low-quality respondent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolas Gauchat, Bryan Gregg Silverman, William Shawn Mansfield, Matthew Britton, Avi Savar, Chee Seng Sim, Kirby Beth Horwitz, Brit Carthy Hudgins, Dennis Yip, McKenzie Ann Lawton, Alyssa Bender, Erika Tierney Bailey
  • Performance and quality improvements for a market research platform
    Patent number: 12271919
    Abstract: Techniques for improving performance and quality in a market research platform include: obtaining first usage data of a first set of survey respondents to a first market research survey, the first market research survey being associated with a first tenant of a multi-tenant market research survey platform and conforming to a market research survey template provided by the platform; obtaining second usage data of a second set of survey respondents to a second market research survey, the second market research survey being associated with a second tenant of the platform and conforming to the market research survey template; generating a template-specific quality filter associated with the market research survey template, based at least on the first usage data and the second usage data; and based at least on the template-specific quality filter and third usage data of a particular survey respondent, identifying the particular survey respondent as a low-quality respondent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SUZY, INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Gauchat, Bryan Gregg Silverman, William Shawn Mansfield, Matthew Britton, Albert Avi Savar, Chee Seng Sim, Kirby Beth Horwitz, Brit Carthy Hudgins, Dennis Yip, McKenzie Ann Lawton, Alyssa Bender, Erika Tierney Bailey
  • Optimizing Market Research Using Indicia-Based Mobile Respondent Data
    Publication number: 20130332234
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide a mechanism for conducting meaningful market research on respondents using mobile devices. Data contained in code-based indicia relating to a mobile respondent is leveraged to initiate more effective market research applications such as surveys and the like. Using such information, a market research enterprise interested in focused market research may initiate market research specifically related to that mobile respondent, perhaps accounting for the mobile respondent's location, purchase history, financial means and associations, etc. The market research applications may be transmitted to mobile respondents by a number of different mechanisms such as push messages, text messages, SRS messages, emails, etc. Also, mobile respondents may download and install an application that allows them to quickly access the market research applications and transmit the market research data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Palanivel Kuppusamy
  • Automated online design and analysis of marketing research activity and data
    Publication number: 20030195793
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for automating the design of online marketing research activity, its deployment and the analysis and reporting of the obtained data, which comprises identifying the desired marketing research objectives, determining the marketing information required to meet said marketing research objectives, selecting the most appropriate research approach design, deciding the target group and costs for effectively deploying said marketing research approach design, deploying said marketing research approach design including dynamically modifying said research approach design and/or target group of participants, collecting and analyzing data, and reporting the findings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Vivek Jain, Parul A. Mittal, Vikas Agarwal
  • Integrated market research management and optimization system
    Publication number: 20060212328
    Abstract: A market research management and optimization system includes a plurality of geographically dispersed market research centers and a centralized computer management system, accessible via a single client interface, for coordinating the plurality of geographically dispersed market research centers and human capital requirements in order to conduct research exercises in the market research centers. The centralized computer management system includes a database for storing facility information for the geographically dispersed market research centers, and human capital data associated with research participants. A scheduling engine is used to reserve and coordinate the research exercises in the geographically dispersed market research centers, and for reserving and coordinating lodging requirements for research exercise participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Hoffmire, Judy Hoffmire, Michael Rollosson, Judy Lynn Smith, Kenneth Wolff
  • Market research method and system for collecting retail store and shopper market research data
    Patent number: 5331544
    Abstract: A market research system and method are provided. A plurality of cooperating establishments are included in a market research test area. Each cooperating establishment is adapted for collecting and storing market research data. A computer system remotely located from the plurality of cooperating establishments stores market research data collected from the cooperating establishments. The collected market research data includes monitored retail sales transactions and captured video images of retail customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: A. C. Nielsen Company
    Inventors: Daozheng Lu, David A. Kiewit, Jia Zhang
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO PREDICT MARKET SUCCESS
    Publication number: 20160335647
    Abstract: Systems and methods having a graphic user interface for market research surveys are provided that allow users to participate in a combined prediction market and market research environment virtually without being presented directly with a stock market environment. The systems and methods of the present invention use prediction markets to automatically transform the user-provided inputs and/or selections from market research surveys, and automatically generate data that represents the likelihood of success of a product and/or service in the marketplace or commercial markets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Consensus Point, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda REBROVICK, Brian HOGUE, Brad WILSON, Jason VOWELL
  • Systems and methods for using a graphical user interface to predict market success
    Patent number: 10825033
    Abstract: Systems and methods having a graphic user interface for market research surveys are provided that allow users to participate in a combined prediction market and market research environment virtually without being presented directly with a stock market environment. The systems and methods of the present invention use prediction markets to automatically transform the user-provided inputs and/or selections from market research surveys, and automatically generate data that represents the likelihood of success of a product and/or service in the marketplace or commercial markets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CONSENSUS POINT, INC.
    Inventors: Linda Rebrovick, Brian Hogue, Brad Wilson, Jason Vowell
  • GAMIFIED MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20220067761
    Abstract: Techniques for generating and presenting a market research survey interface are disclosed. The techniques include: generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for a market research survey, the GUI including a grid of visual tiles; detecting a user selection of a visual tile; and in response to the user selection of the visual tile, presenting a market research survey question from multiple market research survey questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chee Seng Sim, Nicolas Gauchat, William Shawn Mansfield, Zachary Krepps, Jonathan Brad Gulick, Mary Katherine Kagaoan, Avi Savar, Matthew Britton
  • MARKET RESEARCH INTERFACE FOR USE WITH PREDICTION MARKET
    Publication number: 20140188559
    Abstract: Systems and methods having a graphic user interface for market research surveys are provided that allow users to participate in a combined prediction market and market research environment virtually without being presented directly with a stock market environment. The systems and methods of the present invention use prediction markets to automatically transform the user-provided inputs and/or selections from market research surveys, and automatically generate data that represents the likelihood of success of a product and/or service in the marketplace or commercial markets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CONSENSUS POINT, INC
    Inventors: Linda REBROVICK, Brian HOGUE, Brad WILSON, Jason VOWELL
  • Internet based qualitative research method and system
    Publication number: 20020194054
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an improved qualitative market research method and system such that candidates for the market research study are dynamically chosen and selected over a distributed computer network such that at any given time the set of market research candidates optimally fits a predefined preference specified by the client sponsoring the qualitative market research study which are verifiable by the real-time audio and video input from the candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Renee Frengut
  • Systems and methods for analyzing market research data
    Patent number: 12045842
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for analyzing market research data is provided. The method includes displaying, using a market research computing device, a live board to a plurality of users via respective user computing devices, wherein the live board includes at least one insight, receiving, at the market research computing device, an input from at least one user of the plurality of users, and updating, using the market research computing device, the live board in real-time based on the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ipsos-Insight, LLC
    Inventors: Jasjit S. Dhillon, Rollo N. McIntyre, Alex Tamvakis
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING MARKET RESEARCH DATA
    Publication number: 20170243236
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for analyzing market research data is provided. The method includes displaying, using a market research computing device, a live board to a plurality of users via respective user computing devices, wherein the live board includes at least one insight, receiving, at the market research computing device, an input from at least one user of the plurality of users, and updating, using the market research computing device, the live board in real-time based on the received input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Jasjit S. Dhillon, Rollo N. McIntyre, Alex Tamvakis
  • Dynamic rule based market research database
    Patent number: 6484158
    Abstract: A market research database includes first and second information sets. The first information set contains first market research information, and the second information set contains second market research information. The market research database also includes a set of dynamic rules. At least one rule of the set of dynamic rules is arranged to respond to first data being entered into the first information set by entering second, different data into the second information set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: A.C. Nielsen Company
    Inventors: Barbara Elizabeth Johnson, James Charles Martin, Kenneth Francis Rabolt, Keri Anderson Healy, Danielle Anne Byron, Ilga Anita Berzkalns
  • METHOD AND ELECTRONIC PLATFORM FOR ENABLING AND HOSTING A MARKET FOR RESEARCH, AND A TAXONOMY METHOD FOR SPECIFYING RESEARCH
    Publication number: 20080313091
    Abstract: An operational method and an electronic market platform for hosting a market place for investment research products that have been classified according to a species of research based upon a buyer-side ex-ante procurement process. Research providers are able to provide a range of prices for each species or class of equity research service provided and fund managers (research consumers) are able to place purchaser orders via the electronic market platform in a desired range according to a relative negotiating position. A research procurement “hub” enables fund managers (research consumers) to consolidate their purchases for internal and external negotiations based upon and subject to market forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: AQ Research Ltd.
    Inventors: William Goodman Russell-Smith, Albert Domingo Reloj Alonzo, Conchur Dickinson
  • Priority-Weighted Selection to Match a Panelist to a Market Research Project
    Publication number: 20140188554
    Abstract: A method of matching a panelist to a market research project includes accessing, by one or more computer processors, a set of quota cells identified for the panelist and having priorities assigned thereto. The method additionally includes selecting, by the one or more computer processors, a market research project by weighting random selection of market research projects according to the priorities assigned to their respective quota cells identified for the panelist. The method further includes matching, by the one or more computer processors, the panelist to the market research project based on the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: e-Rewards, Inc.
    Inventor: e-Rewards, Inc.
  • Analytical Functionality Selecting Relevant Market Research Data for Global Reporting
    Publication number: 20160307207
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods and systems configured to consolidate market research data from a plurality of sources (e.g., regional providers) into a single data warehouse suited for global reporting purposes. Accordingly an engine is provided in communication with a plurality of underlying databases each comprising market research data. The databases comprises a time dimension, a market dimension, and a product dimension. The engine aggregates data of the individual market research databases into a consolidated database, by first identifying a pre-aggregated market total. Next, the engine selects and identifies single individual products relevant to the aggregated market research data. Finally, the engine checks that the sum of the selected products of the previous step is within a tolerance level of the pre-aggregated market total of the initial step. If the check fails, in an iterative manner the engine returns to alter the selected relevant products and performs the check step again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hergen BUSCH, Dirk KOELLING, Julia DEUTSCH
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DETERMINATION USING PANEL-BASED AND POINT-OF-SALE MARKET RESEARCH DATA
    Publication number: 20090222324
    Abstract: Systems and methods for consumer price index determination using panel-based and point-of-sale market research data are disclosed. An example method to determine a consumer price index disclosed herein comprises obtaining panelist market research data determined by monitoring items purchased by a plurality of statistically-selected panelists, obtaining retail site market research data for items sold by a plurality of retail sites, combining the panelist market research data and the retail site market research data to determine weighted equivalent unit pricing information for each group of common items in an item stratum of the consumer price index having substantially similar attributes except for a unit amount, and determining the consumer price index using the weighted equivalent unit pricing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Keith Johnson
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