Patents by Inventor David P. Castler

David P. Castler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020094513
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for collecting, processing and displaying audience-response data. Audience-response data is electronically collected then processed by a computer for storage and display with corresponding time markers. One or more time markers can be selected for display of corresponding audience-responses for the selected time maker. Accordingly, analysis of the responses can be readily made by the user of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Chase Weir, David P. Castler, Eric Zager, Elliot Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 6011578
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for collecting response data. A response unit is provided having a dial, keypad, and a biconditional response mechanism. The response unit operates in two modes, a dial mode and a keypad mode. Mode is determined by the power supplied to the response unit. If the power supply supplies a first voltage, the response unit will be in one mode, and if the power supply supplies a second voltage, the response unit will be in a second mode. In dial mode, the keypad is inactive. The response unit sources a voltage along a continuum based on the positioning of the dial. The biconditional response mechanism may also be active and when activated, causes the response unit to source an analog voltage outside the dial's continuum. In keypad mode, the dial is inactive, and each key of the keypad is associated with a unique voltage within a voltage range such that pressing a key causes the associated voltage to be sourced by the response unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Consumer Dynamics LLC
    Inventors: Billy Wayne Shatto, Eric Louis Zager, David P. Castler