| 摘要 |
In order to facilitate user navigation through information, a computer system (such as a server) provides polls to portable electronic devices (such as cellular telephones) associated with users, where a given poll includes a query and predefined potential answers. Then, the computer system receives, from at least a subset of the portable electronic devices, responses to the polls, where a given response includes at least one of the predefined potential answers as a selected answer. Moreover, based on the received responses and response histories (with responses to one or more previous polls) for a subset of the users associated with at least the subset of the portable electronic devices, the computer system identifies links to the information. Next, the computer system provides the links to the information to at least the subset of the portable electronic devices. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer system, comprising:
an interface circuit configured to communicate with portable electronic devices via a network; a processor, and memory, coupled to the processor, which stores a program module configured to be executed by the processor to navigate through information, the program module including:
instructions for providing, to the portable electronic devices associated with users, polls, wherein a given poll includes a query and predefined potential answers;instructions for receiving, from at least a subset of the portable electronic devices, responses to the polls, wherein a given response includes at least one of the predefined potential answers as a selected answer;instructions for accessing, at memory locations in the computer system, response histories for a subset of the users associated with at least the subset of the portable electronic devices, wherein the response histories include responses to one or more previous polls;instructions for identifying links to the information based on the responses to the polls and the responses to the one or more previous polls; andinstructions providing the links to the information to at least the subset of the portable electronic devices. |
