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Patent No.:

US 11033216 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2017

Augmenting questionnaires

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Marco Luca Sbodio, Castaheany, IE;

Spyros Kotoulas, Dublin, IE;

Daniel Rejniak, Malahide, IE;

James Shannon, Raheny, IE;

Nagesh Yadav, Dublin, IE;

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

Kurt Goudy

Primary Examiner:

Robert P Bullington

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09B 7/00 (2006.01); G09B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/167 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/015 (2013.01); G09B 7/00 (2013.01); G09B 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for augmenting, in real-time, queries/questionnaires administered to a subject by coupling the physiological response of the subject for a given question-answer pair. Further, a method/system augments/annotates answers to questionnaires/surveys/etc. with automatically detected physiological or emotional reactions of the person answering the question/survey/etc. In an embodiment, methods are implemented to: create an augmented representation of question-answer-emotion (i.e., annotating questions/answers from assessments to physiological reactions); and consider the augmented representation and the user profile to suggest actions based on such associations. In one aspect, the augmented/annotated answers are used to suggest/recommend actions to the person conducting the questionnaire/survey, where actions include: asking further questions to clarify a topic/problem, asking for clarification regarding a given answer, or asking for clarification regarding inconsistencies in answers or asking follow-up questions.

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Sbodio, Marco. (2021). Augmenting questionnaires (U.S. Patent No. 11033216). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11033216

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