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Setup question
with due time
Required
Optional
Draw prize
randomly (optional)
Inform
activity URL
Answer with
mobile devices
Announce result
at due time
Fig. 9.3
Core process of the cloud voting system
word-of-mouth marketing, which is key to the successful application of the cloud
voting system, some sample activities are presented in Tables
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
, and
9.4
.
The activities are categorized according to time span, namely, extremely short,
short, medium, and long.
These activities are mere references to the role of the cloud voting system in the
TIFE, such that the office can design versatile activities to promote the TIFE by
covering all possible types of tourists. For example, the biggest prize can be
awarded to the tourists with tickets, and allow voting to be conducted at home or
on-site with any device, on the road, or in any other place decided by the TIFE
office for maximum accessibility. At the minimal, the application can be given to
sponsors, such as Chunghwa Telecom, which provides prizes to customize voting
activities for its own customers with Chunghwa Telecom mobile numbers. This
method will form a bigger pool of prized-voting activities that could be participated
by the tourists, the TIFE office, and the sponsors.
The TIFE voting system is named IRS@cloud, which can be a cloud-based or a
web-based system, depending on the setup. IRS (Instant Response System) is
another name for PRS. As seen in Fig.
9.4
, users include the TIFE staff, activity
