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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1991
Gerald B Cohen, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Louis W Conley, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Roberta M McConochie, Annapolis, MD (US);
Robert H Patchen, Bethesda, MD (US);
James D Peacock, Laurel, MD (US);
Claude A Rankin, Columbia, MD (US);
Thomas W White, Annapolis, MD (US);
Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Self-administered survey devices include a display, an input device, a memory and a control device which controls the display to show at least one survey question and control the memory to store a response to the at least one question. A system and method for carrying out self-administered surveys utilize a centralized survey data processor and a plurality of self-administered survey devices for storing survey data entered by respective respondents and wherein survey data is wirelessly transmitted from the plurality of self-administered survey devices to the centralized survey data processor.