Privacy Ensured Polling

A method for conducting a privacy ensured computerized poll includes, in a computerized anonymizing system (100), receiving a list (404) of invited participants (418) of said computerized poll, said list (404) comprising at least one address (202, 204) for each said participant (418). With said comp...

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Hauptverfasser:	HARRISON KEITH, BANKS DAVID, BATTLE STEVEN, BALINSKY HELEN, WILEY ANTHONY
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES PHYSICS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for conducting a privacy ensured computerized poll includes, in a computerized anonymizing system (100), receiving a list (404) of invited participants (418) of said computerized poll, said list (404) comprising at least one address (202, 204) for each said participant (418). With said computerized anonymizing system (100), assigning each invited participant (418) in said poll at least one character string (410, 412) and transmitting to each invited participant (418) said at least one character string (410, 412) assigned to said participant (418) using said at least one address (202, 204). With said computerized anonymizing system (100), generating a list (408) comprising an entry for each said at least one character string (410, 412) assigned to one of said invited participants (418) and shuffling an order of said entries, and providing said shuffled list (408) to a poll initiator (402).