Direct vote recording system

US6550675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Diversified Dynamics Corp. · US

Inventors

• Thomas G. Davis · Kingsport, US
• Irving Rabinowitz · Glenside, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C13/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A Direct Vote Recording System (DVRS) (10) has three primary components, Personal Computer (PC) (100) which runs an Election Management System (EMS), Direct Vote Recording Machine (DVRM) (300) and a Smart Card Activator Device (SCAD) (500). In addition, the DVRS includes Data Carriers (800), Voter Smart Cards (710) and Polling Office smart cards (720). The DVRS generally operates as follows: (1) data of a new election is created using the EMS software on the PC (100), (2) downloading that data to Ballot/Tally Data Carriers (800) which are then transported to Polling Place(s) where (3) the data is then loaded into the SCAD (500) and DVRM(s) (300), (4) hardware tests may then be conducted on the DVRS equipment and Test Voting may be performed to validate operational DVRS software and the accuracy of the downloaded election data, (5) the election is then conducted using the SCAD to generate Voter Smart Cards (710) for Test, Practice and Active voting, and the DVRM to collect votes, (6) polls are closed, the data is downloaded from the DVRM(s) (300) to the Data Carrier (800), and, (7) the Carrier (800) is returned to the PC where election results are computed and reports made. Test and…