IP Library Granted Patent US 8,731,993
Granted Patent B2
US 8,731,993 · App. 13/492,124 · Granted May 20, 2014

Compiling images within a respondent interface using layers and highlight features

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Patent No.
US 8,731,993
App. No.
13/492,124
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for compiling images within a respondent interface includes a survey datastore recording surveys including one or more test images. A rendering engine accesses the survey datastore and displays the one or more test images with controls for at least one respondent to provide feedback about the one or more test images during at least two modes of operation. A respondent feedback object instantiation engine detects respondent interaction with a touch screen displaying the one or more test images during first and second modes of operation, and records results of the respondent interaction in a feedback datastore by feedback types according to the first and second modes of operation.

Claims (65)

1. An apparatus for compiling images within a respondent interface, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

record surveys including one or more test images;

access a survey datastore and display the one or more test images with controls for at least one respondent to provide feedback about the one or more test images during at least two modes of operation; and

detect respondent interaction with a touch screen displaying the one or more test images during first and second modes of operation, and record results of the respondent interaction in a feedback datastore by feedback types according to the first and second modes of operation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

access a feedback datastore and compile the respondent feedback according to the feedback types.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

render the respondent feedback as a feedback type specific heat map overlaying at least one of the one or more test images.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

render the respondent feedback as data regarding respondent selections of the one or more test images in constructing composite test images made up of combinations of the one or more test images.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the data indicates at least one of popularity of individual ones of the combinations or popularity of individual ones of the one or more test images.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain respondent demographics and record results of the respondent interaction in a feedback datastore by the respondent demographics.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controls include controls that navigate between the at least two modes of operation by designating a hue of highlight to utilize in highlighting regions of the one or more test images.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controls include controls that navigate between the at least two modes of operation by designating a layer of a composite test image to be defined by respondent selection of a test image of the one or more test images.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controls include controls for selecting one of the one or more test images to serve as a layer of a composite test image.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

display a prompt to the respondent for initiating the respondent interaction.

11. A method of compiling images within a respondent interface, comprising:

accessing, by a computer processor, a survey datastore recording surveys including one or more test images;

displaying the one or more test images with controls for at least one respondent to provide feedback about the one or more test images during at least two modes of operation;

detecting respondent interaction with a touch screen displaying the one or more test images during a first mode of operation;

detecting respondent interaction with the touch screen displaying the one or more test images during a second mode of operation; and

recording results of the respondent interaction in a feedback datastore by feedback types according to the first and second modes of operation.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

at a backend of the respondent interface, accessing the datastore of respondent feedback; and

compiling the respondent feedback according to the feedback types.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

graphically rendering the respondent feedback as a feedback type specific heat map overlaying at least one of the one or more test images.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

graphically rendering the respondent feedback as data regarding respondent selections of the one or more test images in constructing composite test images made up of combinations of the one or more test images.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the data indicates at least one of popularity of individual ones of the combinations or popularity of individual ones of the one or more test images.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

obtaining respondent demographics; and

recording results of the respondent interaction in the feedback datastore by the respondent demographics.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the controls include controls that navigate between the at least two modes of operation by designating a hue of highlight to utilize in highlighting regions of the one or more test images.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the controls include controls that navigate between the at least two modes of operation by designating a layer of a composite test image to be defined by respondent selection of a test image of the one or more test images.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the controls include controls for selecting one of the one or more test images to serve as a layer of a composite test image.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

displaying a prompt to the respondent for initiating the respondent interaction.

21. A computer program product for compiling images within a respondent interface, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code including:

program code to access, by a computer processor, a survey datastore recording surveys including one or more test images;

program code to display the one or more test images with controls for at least one respondent to provide feedback about the one or more test images during at least two modes of operation;

program code to detect respondent interaction with a touch screen displaying the one or more test images during a first mode of operation;

program code to detect respondent interaction with the touch screen displaying the one or more test images during a second mode of operation; and

program code to record results of the respondent interaction in a feedback datastore by feedback types according to the first and second modes of operation.

22. The computer program product of claim 21 , wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

program code to, at a backend of the respondent interface, access the datastore of respondent feedback ; and

program code to compile the respondent feedback according to the feedback types.

23. The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

program code to graphically render the respondent feedback as a feedback type specific heat map overlaying at least one of the one or more test images.

24. The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

program code to graphically render the respondent feedback as data regarding respondent selections of the one or more test images in constructing composite test images made up of combinations of the one or more test images.

25. The computer program product of claim 24 , wherein the data indicates at least one of popularity of individual ones of the combinations or popularity of individual ones of the one or more test images.

26. The computer program product of claim 21 , wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

program code to obtain respondent demographics; and

program code to record results of the respondent interaction in the feedback datastore by the respondent demographics.

27. The computer program product of claim 21 , wherein the controls include controls that navigate between the at least two modes of operation by designating a hue of highlight to utilize in highlighting regions of the one or more test images.

28. The computer program product of claim 21 , wherein the controls include controls that navigate between the at least two modes of operation by designating a layer of a composite test image to be defined by respondent selection of a test image of the one or more test images.

29. The computer program product of claim 21 , wherein the controls include controls for selecting one of the one or more test images to serve as a layer of a composite test image.

30. The computer program product of claim 21 , wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

program code to display a prompt to the respondent for initiating the respondent interaction.

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