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AssigneeBlue Yonder Research Limited
InventorJonathan Million
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The invention relates to a system, device, method and apparatus for providing the input of user response data into a device body and the transmission of the data from the device body to a further device for processing of the data and then typically for collecting the data for a number of persons to allow an overview to be generated of the individual and group of persons experience sand responses with regard to one or more parameters of a particular item, event or service that the persons have interacted with. The invention allows the data to be generated by the person at or close to the time that the experience or experiences occur and in a relatively user friendly manner and therefore allow a more accurate and reliable indication of the user interaction to be achieved, and hence more detailed and accurate feedback to be provided to the item, event or service provider.
Apparatus for use by a person to provide feedback relating to at least one parameter in relation to a particular item, event or service which is determined at the start of use of the apparatus in particular period of time and with which the person interacts, said apparatus includes a device body including at least one user interaction means located with or on the device body for selective use by the person, and a transmitter, wherein said data representative of a user interaction is stored in and transmitted from the device body to an intermediate communication device of the person within wireless range or connectable to the device body and subsequently transmitted from the communication device to a database for collection and process means for further processing and said processing means identify the sequence of operation of the interaction means to identify which of a range of possible responses has been input by the person and allocates the response data to the particular item, event or service in relation to which the device body has been associated for said period of time.
Apparatus according to any of the preceding claims wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of said device bodies and with control means to allow said plurality of device bodies to be activated at a particular time and deactivated at a particular time so as to define a period of time of available use of said device bodies.
A method of generating and collecting data from a person which is representative of their response to an item, event or service, said method comprising the steps of, identifying the item, event or service in relation to which the data is to be generated, providing at least one device body with user interaction means with which a user can interact to indicate usage or a time of experience of the item, event or service and/or an emotion in relation to the said item, event or service, instructing the person to operate the user interaction means to generate data representative of said usage, experience and/or emotion at or close to the same time as the usage or experience occurred and storing and/or transmitting and/or data from the said at least one device body to a remote database and processing means to allow the data to be further processed and characterised in that the said data is first transmitted from the said at least one device body to an intermediate communication device of the person which is within a wireless range or is connectable to the said at least one device body and the at least one device body is used for a period of time in relation to said item, event or service which is determined at the start of the particular period of time of use of the at least one device body.
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