US 5,233,654 C1 (6656th)
SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS
John C. Harvey, New York, N.Y., and James W. Caddihy, New York, N.Y., assignors to The Personalized Mass Media Corporation, New York, N.Y.
Reexamination Request Nos. 90/006,606, Apr. 18, 2003 and 90/006,703, Jul. 7, 2003 and 90/006,839, Oct. 31, 2003.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 5,233,654, issued Aug. 3, 1993, Appl. No. 849,226, Mar. 10, 1992.
Continuation of application No. 07/588,126, filed on Sep. 25, 1990, now Pat. No. 5,109,414, which is a continuation of application No. 07/096,096, filed on Sep. 11, 1987, now Pat. No. 4,965,825, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 06/829,531, filed on Feb. 14, 1986, now Pat. No. 4,704,725, which is a continuation of application No. 06/317,510, filed on Nov. 3, 1981, now Pat. No. 4,694,490.
Int. Cl. H04K 1/00; H04N 7/173;7/24;5/44;5/46; H04H 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 725—135
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-71 is confirmed.
1. A system for inputting, processing and collecting response information from members of an audience consisting of
a plurality of audience stations, each station accommodating a specific audience member and each station having read/write memory means capable of holding specific data of its audience member, input means for inputting information of its audience member, first storage means for holding its audience member's input, processor means for processing its audience member's input and assembling output records that hold additional information besides said input, second storage means for holding said output records, and transmission means for transferring the output of said second storage means, with at least some of said stations programmed to process input information in a predetermined fashion,
a transmission medium for conveying the output of the transmission means of at least some of said audience stations, and
at least one data collection station for receiving the output records of said audience stations, processing said records, and collecting the information of said records.