US5218535A
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Method and apparatus for data acquisition
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-07-08
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Granted: 1993-06-08
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Expires: 2011-07-08
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus 10 is disclosed for displaying a sequence of questions, for soliciting answers to these questions, for receiving the answers, and for storing the answers for later analysis. This methodology and apparatus 10 includes the use of a keypad which may be generated upon a display 18 by use of a timing interrupt signal, emanating from an operating system 66. This keypad may also be moved to several predetermined positions upon display 18.
Inventors
- 👤 David A. Pietrowski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 08:38
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B7/00; G09B7/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A method for obtaining answers to a certain question, said method comprising the steps of: defining said question; defining each possible answer to said question; storing said question within a computer; storing said answers within said computer; displaying said question upon a screen of said computer; displaying said possible answers upon said computer screen; associating each answer with a unique indice; displaying said indices; painting a keypad upon a predefined portion of said computer screen only at substantially identical and predefined intervals of time, said identical and predefined intervals of time being independent from a time that said indices are displayed: selecting one of said answers by use of said keypad only during one of said predefined intervals of time; and storing each of said selected answers within said computer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
130 words
A method for obtaining answers to a certain question, said method comprising the steps of: defining said question; defining each possible answer to said question; storing said question within a computer; storing said answers within said computer; displaying said question upon a screen of said computer; displaying said possible answers upon said computer screen; associating each answer with a unique indice; displaying said indices; painting a keypad upon a predefined portion of said computer screen only at substantially identical and predefined intervals of time, said identical and predefined intervals of time being independent from a time that said indices are displayed: selecting one of said answers by use of said keypad only during one of said predefined intervals of time; and storing each of said selected answers within said computer.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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