EP0275328A1
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Apparatus for collecting tv channel data and market research data
Assignee: Ikegami Tsushinki Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-07-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-07-31
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for collecting data for use in monitor system, wherein the apparatus is placed in each of a plurality of monitor's houses to collect data such as TV audience rating and market research data and the monitored data thus collected are sent to a data center through telephone circuits and are processed by a large computer to calculate desired data. The apparatus for collecting data comprises a channel detector for detecting the channel of a TV receiver that is being watched, a market research data input device, a personal data input device, and a data processing apparatus which stores and processes the data that are input. The detected channel data and a personal identification data are sent to the data processor via a commercial power distribution lines. The market research data are input by using a bar code reader and a keyboard efficiently without any predetermined procedure. The personal data is input by using an input device which utilizes infrared rays, and is easily identified by displaying a personal illustration.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumio Watanabe
- 👤 Yoshikazu Itoh
- 👤 Shunji Ikegami Tsushinki Co. Ltd. Wake
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 06:38
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04H; H04H60/00; H04H60/29; H04H60/33; G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G07; G07C; G07C13/00; H04H20/00; H04H20/65; H04H20/76; H04H20/84; H04H60/31; H04H60/35; H04H60/38; H04H60/41; H04H60/43; H04H60/76; H04H60/81; H04H60/93; H04H60/94; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/80; H04N21/81; H04N21/812; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17327; H04N2007/1739; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
204 words
An apparatus for collecting television channel data and market research data, including a channel detector for detecting a channel of a television receiver being viewed by panelists to form channel data, a market research data entry device for entering the market research data including a plurality of items, and a data processing device for receiving the channel data and market research data supplied from the channel detector and market research data entry device, respectively to form data having given format, storing the data thus formed and for transmitting the data to a data center, characterized in that the apparatus comprises means for entering personal identification information which is added to the channel data supplied from the channel detector, said market research data entry device is so constructed that the market research data can be entered in a sequence-non-ordered mode and personal identification information to be added to the market research data can be entered, and said data processing device includes means for transmitting the channel data and market research data having the personal identification information added thereto to the data center via a subscriber telephone link of a panelist's home in response to a polling from the data center within a predetermined time interval.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
204 words
An apparatus for collecting television channel data and market research data, including a channel detector for detecting a channel of a television receiver being viewed by panelists to form channel data, a market research data entry device for entering the market research data including a plurality of items, and a data processing device for receiving the channel data and market research data supplied from the channel detector and market research data entry device, respectively to form data having given format, storing the data thus formed and for transmitting the data to a data center, characterized in that the apparatus comprises means for entering personal identification information which is added to the channel data supplied from the channel detector, said market research data entry device is so constructed that the market research data can be entered in a sequence-non-ordered mode and personal identification information to be added to the market research data can be entered, and said data processing device includes means for transmitting the channel data and market research data having the personal identification information added thereto to the data center via a subscriber telephone link of a panelist's home in response to a polling from the data center within a predetermined time interval.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the channel data generated from the channel detector is transmitted to the data processing device via domestic power supply lines.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for entering the personal identification information added to the channel data comprises a data transmitter and a data receiver for transmitting the personal identification information to the data processing device by means of the channel detector.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said data transmitter comprises means for entering personal data, means for denoting items and means for entering evaluation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said means for entering the personal data in the data transmitter comprises keys having illustration images of respective persons displayed thereon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said item denoting means comprises ten keys.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said evaluation entering means comprises three keys "A", "B" and "C".
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said data transmitter comprises switches allocated to respective persons and having illustration images of respective persons applied thereto.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said data receiver comprises display units for displaying illustration images of respective persons.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
- A data collecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said data receiver comprises selection switches of touch type for identifying respective persons.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein each of said display units for displaying the illustration images comprises a light illumination switch and light emitting diodes each selectively emitting one of three colors.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein each of said display units for displaying illustration images comprises a light illumination switch which emits selectively one of three colors.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said market research data entry device comprises a bar-code reader for reading bar-codes, keys for denoting respective purchasers, keys for denoting shops from which products are purchased, and ten keys for entering an amount of the products and a price.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said market research data entry device comprises a bar-code reader for reading bar-codes, keys for entering respective purchasers, keys for entering respective shops, and ten keys for entering amounts and prices of purchased products.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
A data collecting apparatus according to any one of claims 13 and 14, wherein said market research data entry device comprises "&" key for entering a total price of plural kinds of purchased products.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
A data collecting apparatus according to any one of claims 13 and 14, wherein said market research data entry device comprises "X" key for entering a price of a plurality of purchased products.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
A data collecting apparatus according to any one of claims 13 and 14, wherein said market research data entry device comprises a key for converting the function of respective keys.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the questionnaire research is effected with the aid of said key.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said key is used to effect the television audience rating survey or the evaluation of market research.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
218 words
A data collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said data processing device comprises means for connecting a subscriber telephone link to a telephone set during a time outside said predetermined time period and to an internal circuit during said predetermined time period, means for allowing the telephone set to be used even in the predetermined time period unless the communication between the data processing device and data center is effected, means for identifying a call signal from the subscriber telephone link during the predetermined time period, means for identifying a call signal from the data center, means for identifying a call from a third party and connecting the telephone set to the telephone link, means for receiving the market research data via a terminal, means for receiving the channel data and the data from the data receiver via domestic power supply lines, means for forming data of a given format from the received data and panelist's home number, receiver set number, real time and signals from various kinds of timers which are formed within the data processing device, means for communicating with respect to the data center, means for storing the formed data and sending the data to the data center in response to the polling from the data center, and means for calling the data center.
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