Market survey data collection method
USRE31951E · kind E · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A method .[.for.]. independently electronically .[.collecting.]. .Iadd.collects .Iaddend.related market survey data from a plurality of diverse locations (6,6') for temporary storage at each of the independent diverse locations (6,6') where the data is collected for subsequent transmission thereof from these locations (6,6') over a telephone type link (30,36,42) for accumulative processing thereof at a remote central electronic data processor. An interactive interchangeable prompt message display is displayed on a visual display device (32) indicating one of a plurality of market survey categories in a predefined sequence. An actual data input signal may be provided via a keyboard (70) or barboard (29) and/or wand (18,28) in response to the prompt message display with this input being stored in a memory (16) for subsequent transmission. Prior to storage in the memory (16), the data is stored in a buffer and is displayed on the display device (32) to enable confirmation prior to transfer to the bulk memory (16). When a confirmation command signal is provided to the microcomputer (10,12,14) the data is transferred to the bulk memory (16) and the display (32) is changed to display the…
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