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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Mark E. Zuckerberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Adam D'angelo, Mountain View, CA (US);

Robert Kang-xing Jin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Timothy Kendall, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark E. Zuckerberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Adam D'Angelo, Mountain View, CA (US);

Robert Kang-Xing Jin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Timothy Kendall, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for auction based polling is provided. Parameters related to a poll are received from a first user. Parameters related to a poll are received from a first user. A query is associated with the poll. A priority of the poll is determined based on the parameters. The poll is distributed to one or more second users according to the priority. Results to the poll are gathered. The results are reported to the first user.


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