System for providing a virtual focus group facility

Abstract

A platform configured to provide virtual glass in order to augment and improve focus group sessions for each actor within the ecosystem. The platform may be configured to allow a moderator, one or more test subjects, and one or more client users to participate in a focus group session at geographically diverse locations. The platform may also be configured to supplement the focus group experience by allowing for dialog and communication between the client users. In some cases, the platform may also be configured to generate and provide real time status indicators associate with the tests subject, real time text-based transcripts of the sessions, and recommendations as to the focus group direction to the moderator.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, as part of a live stream session and at a moderator system, first test subject data of a first test subject from a first test subject device;   receiving, as part of the lives stream session and at the moderator system, the second test subject data including second image data of the second test subject;   determining, based at least in part on the first test subject data, a first status indicator associated with the first test subject;   determining, based at least in part on the second test subject data, a second status indicator associated with the second test subject; and   causing, substantially simultaneously, the live stream session, the first status indicator, and the second status indicator to be displayed by the moderator system.   
     
     
         2 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising sending, substantially simultaneously, the live stream session, the first status indicator, and the second status indicator to at least one third party system. 
     
     
         3 . The method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the at least one third party system comprises a first third party system and a second third party system and the method further comprises:
 receiving a comment associated with the live stream session from the first third party system; and   causing, substantially simultaneously to the live stream session, the comment to be displayed by the moderator system and the second third party system.   
     
     
         4 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 causing, substantially simultaneously to the live stream session, the first status indicator, and the second status indicator, a first icon of the first test subject and a second icon of the second test subject to be displayed by the moderator system and wherein the first status indicator is superimposed over the first icon and the second status indicator is superimposed over the second icon.   
     
     
         5 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 causing, substantially simultaneously to the live stream session, the first status indicator, and the second status indicator, a first demographic data associated with the first test subject and second demographic data associated with the second test subject to be displayed by the moderator system.   
     
     
         6 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 sending, substantially simultaneously to the live stream session, a series of stimuli to the first test subject device and the second test subject device according to a predetermined order.   
     
     
         7 . The method as recited in  claim 6 , further comprising:
 reorganizing the predetermined order of the series of stimuli based at least in part on the first test subject data, the second test subject data, and data associated with at least one prior live stream session.   
     
     
         8 . The method as recited in  claim 6 , wherein determining the first status indicator associated with the first test subject is based at least in part on a current stimuli of the series of stimuli. 
     
     
         9 . The method as recited in  claim 6 , wherein determining the first status indicator associated with the first test subject further comprises inputting the first test subject data into one or more machine learned models and receiving as an output of the one or more machine learned models the first test status indicator. 
     
     
         10 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
 receiving a live stream session, the live stream session including data associated with at least a first test subject and a moderator;   generate, based at least in part on the live stream session, a text-based transcript of the live stream session;   identifying at least one trend based at least in part on the text-based transcript;   determining at least one chart or graph associated with the at least one trend; and   sending the live stream session, the text-based transcript, and the at least one chart or graph to a client system.   
     
     
         11 . The one or more computer-readable media as recited in  claim 10 , wherein identifying the at least one trend is based at least in part on another live stream session associated with a second test subject. 
     
     
         12 . The one or more computer-readable media as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving biometric data associated with the first test subject and the live stream session;   analyzing the biometric data to determine a status indictor representative of a mood of the first test subject; and   inserting the status indicator in at least one of the live stream session or the text-based transcript.   
     
     
         13 . The one or more computer-readable media as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 identify from a second text-based transcript of a second live stream session, a portion of the second text-based transcript meeting or exceeding a criterion of the search request; and   sending the portion of the second text-based transcript with the first text-based transcript to the client system.   
     
     
         14 . The one or more computer-readable media as recited in  claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving a comment associated with the text-based transcript from the client device; and   causing an alert to be output by a second client device in response to receiving the comment, the alert associated with the comment, the live stream session, and the text-based transcript.   
     
     
         15 . The one or more computer-readable media as recited in  claim 14 , wherein causing the alert to be output by the second client device includes at least one of determining the second client device is associated with a set of clients associated with the live stream session. 
     
     
         16 . The one or more computer-readable media as recited in  claim 14 , further comprising displaying an indication of a type of comment with respect to the text-based transcript. 
     
     
         17 . A system comprising:
 one or more communication interfaces;   a display;   one or more processors; and   computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform the following operations:   receiving, via the one or more communication interfaces and as part of a live stream session including data associated with at least a first test subject and a moderator;   receiving, via the one or more communication interfaces, an alert associated with the live stream session, the alert indicating a comment and an associated portion of the live stream session; and   causing the alert to be presented on the display concurrently with the live stream session.   
     
     
         18 . The system as recited in  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a text-based transcript associated with the live stream session, the text-based transcript including the comment. 
     
     
         19 . The system as recited in  claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise generating the text-based transcript responsive to determining the live stream session has completed. 
     
     
         20 . The system as recited in  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving biometric data associated with the first test subject and the live stream session;   analyzing the biometric data to determine a status indictor representative of a mood of the first test subject; and   inserting the status indicator in at least one of the live stream session or the text-based transcript.