EP 0853847 B1 20030521 - IMPROVED SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DATA CONCERNING TRANSMITTED MATERIAL
Title (en)
IMPROVED SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DATA CONCERNING TRANSMITTED MATERIAL
Title (de)
VERBESSERTES SYSTEM ZUR SAMMLUNG VON DATEN ÜBER GESENDETES MATERIAL
Title (fr)
SYSTEME AMELIORE POUR COLLECTER DES DONNEES CONCERNANT UN ELEMENT DE PROGRAMME TRANSMIS
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9702063 W 19970731
- GB 9616176 A 19960801
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9806193A1] The present invention relates to a method of collecting data concerning participant response to broadcast material which comprises a combined audience portion and data portion, each participant being located at separate remote locations and having a data collection unit with a respective unique identity and comprising a store means, a validity checking means and a manually operable device; the method comprising: (a) transmitting broadcast material to the participant locations according to a known schedule, the broadcast material comprising an audience portion and a data portion containing a validity defining portion capable of defining a valid or invalid transmission; (b) storing a data record associated with said broadcast material to the store means of a data collection unit according to a predetermined participant operation of the manually operable device in response to said audience portion of said broadcast material provided that the validity checking means confirms the validity of said data validity defining portion; and (c) cross matching said stored data records with said known schedule to ascertain a participant response to particular broadcast material.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04H 20/38 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04H 60/39 (2008.01); H04H 60/46 (2008.01); H04H 60/66 (2008.01); H04H 60/23 (2008.01)
IPC 8 main group level
H04H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04H 20/38 (2013.01); H04H 60/375 (2013.01); H04H 60/39 (2013.01); H04H 60/46 (2013.01); H04H 60/66 (2013.01); H04H 60/23 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9806193 A1 19980212; AT E241235 T1 20030615; AU 3703797 A 19980225; AU 718437 B2 20000413; CA 2267405 A1 19980212; DE 69722164 D1 20030626; EP 0853847 A1 19980722; EP 0853847 B1 20030521; GB 9616176 D0 19960911
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9702063 W 19970731; AT 97933801 T 19970731; AU 3703797 A 19970731; CA 2267405 A 19970731; DE 69722164 T 19970731; EP 97933801 A 19970731; GB 9616176 A 19960801