IP Library Granted Patent US 12,307,403
Granted Patent B2
US 12,307,403 · App. 17/657,341 · Granted May 20, 2025

Anonymous employee engagement system

Inventors: Jenna Lee (San Francisco, CA); Sara Garcia Cabaral (San Francisco, CA); Natalia Hess (San Francisco, CA); Yeon Ju Kim (Belmont, CA); Megan McGowan (San Francisco, CA); Michael John Neth (Wichita, KS); Matthew Michael Parides (San Francisco, CA); Matthew Sacks (Portland, OR); Robert Stolarz (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Degree, Inc
G06Q10/0639G06F3/0482G06Q10/105
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Patent No.
US 12,307,403
App. No.
17/657,341
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of collecting anonymous feedback is disclosed. An anonymous input toggle is associated with one or more input mechanisms. Based on the anonymous input toggle being turned on, it is detected that the user has submitted anonymous feedback data with respect to the one or more input mechanisms. The anonymous feedback data is stored in a database such that identifying information about the user is inaccessible to one or more other users. One or more specialized user interfaces are provided to the one or more other users for submitting a reply to the anonymous feedback. The one or more specialized user interfaces are configured to not present the identifying information. The user is notified, via one or more additional specialized user interfaces, of the submitting of the reply to the anonymous feedback.

Claims (38)

1. A system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer memories;

a set of instructions incorporated into the one or more computer memories, the set of instructions configuring the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:

associating an anonymous input toggle with one or more input mechanisms, the anonymous input toggle controlling whether anonymous feedback is submittable by a user with respect to the one or more input mechanisms;

based on the anonymous input toggle being turned on, detecting that the user has submitted the anonymous feedback with respect to the one or more input mechanisms;

storing the anonymous feedback in a database such that identifying information about the user is accessible for routing a reply to the anonymous feedback to the user but never accessible to one or more other users;

providing one or more specialized user interfaces to the one or more other users for submitting the reply to the anonymous feedback, the one or more specialized user interfaces including automatically assigning a responsibility for the submitting of the reply to the one or more users based on a role of the one or more users; and

performing the routing of the reply to the anonymous feedback to the user based on an accessing of the identifying information and notifying the user of the submitting of the reply to the anonymous feedback by the one or more other users for managing via one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining to continue a conversation between the user and the one or more other users based on a determination that the user has submitted additional anonymous feedback via the one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

3. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining to close a feedback loop associated with the anonymous feedback based on a determination that the user has requested the closing of the feedback loop via the one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more other users have at least one of an administrator, a manager, or a manager of managers (MOM) role.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more specialized user interfaces are configured to present the anonymous feedback to each of the one or more users having the administrator role, but keep the anonymous feedback hidden from the one or more users having a manager or MOM role.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more specialized user interfaces include options for managing a reply to the user.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the options for managing the reply to the user include automatically assigning a responsibility for the submitting of the reply to one of the other users based on a role of the one of the other users.

8. A method comprising:

associating an anonymous input toggle with one or more input mechanisms, the anonymous input toggle controlling whether anonymous feedback is submittable by a user with respect to the one or more input mechanisms;

based on the anonymous input toggle being turned on, detecting that the user has submitted the anonymous feedback with respect to the one or more input mechanisms;

storing the anonymous feedback in a database such that identifying information about the user is accessible for routing a reply to the anonymous feedback to the user but never accessible to one or more other users;

providing one or more specialized user interfaces to the one or more other users for submitting the reply to the anonymous feedback, the one or more specialized user interfaces including automatically assigning a responsibility for the submitting of the reply to the one or more users based on a role of the one or more users; and

performing the routing of the reply to the anonymous feedback to the user based on an accessing of the identifying information and notifying the user of the submitting of the reply to the anonymous feedback by the one or more other users for managing via one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining to continue a conversation between the user and the one or more other users based on a determination that the user has submitted additional anonymous feedback via the one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining to close a feedback loop associated with the anonymous feedback based on a determination that the user has requested the closing of the feedback loop via the one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the one or more other users have at least one of an administrator, a manager, or a manager of managers (MOM) role.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more specialized user interfaces are configured to present the anonymous feedback to each of the one or more users having the administrator role, but keep the anonymous feedback hidden from the one or more users having a manager or MOM role.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more specialized user interfaces include options for managing a reply to the user.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the options for managing the reply to the user include automatically assigning a responsibility for the submitting of the reply to one of the other users based on a role of the one of the other users.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

associating an anonymous input toggle with one or more input mechanisms, the anonymous input toggle controlling whether anonymous feedback is submittable by a user with respect to the one or more input mechanisms;

based on the anonymous input toggle being turned on, detecting that the user has submitted the anonymous feedback with respect to the one or more input mechanisms;

storing the anonymous feedback in a database such that identifying information about the user is accessible for routing a reply to the anonymous feedback to the user but never accessible to one or more other users;

providing one or more specialized user interfaces to the one or more other users for submitting the reply to the anonymous feedback, the one or more specialized user interfaces including automatically assigning a responsibility for the submitting of the reply to the one or more users based on a role of the one or more users; and

performing the routing of the reply to the anonymous feedback to the user based on an accessing of the identifying information and notifying the user of the submitting of the reply to the anonymous feedback by the one or more other users for managing via one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising determining to continue a conversation between the user and the one or more other users based on a determination that the user has submitted additional anonymous feedback via the one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising determining to close a feedback loop associated with the anonymous feedback based on a determination that the user has requested the closing of the feedback loop via the one or more additional specialized user interfaces.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein each of the one or more other users have at least one of an administrator, a manager, or a manager of managers (MOM) role.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the one or more specialized user interfaces are configured to present the anonymous feedback to each of the one or more users having the administrator role, but keep the anonymous feedback hidden from the one or more users having a manager or MOM role.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more specialized user interfaces include options for managing a reply to the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: LEE, JENNA; CABARAL, SARA GARCIA; HESS, NATALIA; KIM, YEON JU; MCGOWAN, MEGAN; NETH, MICHAEL JOHN; PARIDES, MATTHEW MICHAEL; SACKS, MATTHEW; STOLARZ, ROBERT
To: DEGREE, INC
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