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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Olufemi Olumoko, Laurel, MD (US);
Vinod K. Menon, Elkridge, MD (US);
Omoniyi Segun, Odenton, MD (US);
Olufemi Olumoko, Laurel, MD (US);
Vinod K. Menon, Elkridge, MD (US);
Omoniyi Segun, Odenton, MD (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Exemplary systems and methods for user polling are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a service provider subsystem receiving, from a poll provider subsystem, data representative of a poll comprising at least one poll question, transmitting the poll in a first data format to a plurality of translators for translation and distribution to a plurality of access devices associated with a plurality of users and with a plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms, receiving from the plurality of translators, data representative of one or more responses to the at least one poll question provided by one or more of the plurality of access devices, aggregating the data representative of the one or more responses, generating poll results based on the one or more responses, and transmitting data representative of the poll results to the poll provider subsystem and/or the plurality of access devices. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.