Response form processing system
First Claim
1. A system for processing response forms, comprising:
- storage circuitry means for storing a group of questions associated with a client, a group code disposed on a particular response form comprising information identifying said particular response form with said client;
circuitry means for selecting a particular plurality of questions from said group of questions for inclusion on said particular response form, said group code further comprising information indicating which questions of said group comprise said particular plurality;
a group code reader for reading said group code from said particular response form;
a response scanner for reading responses associated with said particular plurality of questions from said particular response form; and
a processor means coupled to said group code reader, said response scanner and said storage circuitry means and operable to tabulate the responses responsive to the values of said group code and said responses.
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Abstract
A response form processing system (22) is provided which allows for the processing of response forms (10) which comprise a group code (20), questions (12) and (14), response prompts (16) and response blocks (18). The system (22) comprises a group code reader (24) and a response scanner (28) which are coupled to a processor (26). The processor (26) receives information from the group code reader (24) which identifies which questions are present on a particular response form (10). The processor (26) then receives the scanned responses from the response scanner (28). The processor (26) organizes and tabulates the responses and is capable of producing reports comprising the information received from the response forms (10).
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18 Claims
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1. A system for processing response forms, comprising:
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storage circuitry means for storing a group of questions associated with a client, a group code disposed on a particular response form comprising information identifying said particular response form with said client; circuitry means for selecting a particular plurality of questions from said group of questions for inclusion on said particular response form, said group code further comprising information indicating which questions of said group comprise said particular plurality; a group code reader for reading said group code from said particular response form; a response scanner for reading responses associated with said particular plurality of questions from said particular response form; and a processor means coupled to said group code reader, said response scanner and said storage circuitry means and operable to tabulate the responses responsive to the values of said group code and said responses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for processing responses recorded on response forms, comprising:
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storage circuitry means for storing a group of questions associated with a client, a group code associated with a particular response form comprising information identifying said particular response form with said client; circuitry means for selecting a particular plurality of questions from said group of questions for inclusion on said particular response form, said group code further comprising information indicating which questions of said group comprise said particular plurality; a group code reader for reading said group code from said particular response form; an optical scanner for reading responses from said particular response form; a processor means coupled to said group code reader and said optical scanner and operable to tabulate the responses responsive to the values of said group code and the responses, said processor further operable to output selected ones of said tabulated responses in a report; a printer for printing said particular response form, said particular response form comprising said group code, said particular plurality of questions associated said group code and a particular group of response prompts associated with each question of said particular plurality; selection circuitry means coupled to said processor operable to receive input from a user such that the user may select particular ones of said tabulated responses for a particular report, said printer further operable to print said reports; and said storage circuitry means coupled to said processor and further operable to store said tabulated responses. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for processing response forms, comprising the steps of:
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selecting a plurality of questions from a group of questions; assigning the selected plurality a particular group code; printing a response form having the particular group code, the selected plurality of questions and response prompts associated with each of the selected plurality of questions; reading the group code from the response form using a group code reader, the group codes indicating the presence of the selected plurality of questions on the response form; reading responses from the response form using a response scanner; and tabulating the responses using a processor coupled to the group code reader and the response scanner. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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Specification