Method for processing event data using a removable data storage medium and clock

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5680864
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08703433

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A method for gathering event data using a data gathering instrument having an instrument clock and an instrument data storage medium, the method comprising the steps of: gathering event data using the data gathering instrument; storing the event data in an instrument data storage medium; using an instrument clock to associate time information with the event data; storing the associated time information in the instrument data storage medium; separating the instrument data storage medium from the data gathering instrument; separating the instrument clock from the data gathering instrument; and storing in a main data storage medium the event data and the time information stored in the instrument data storage medium. The invention also includes a data gathering system practicing this method, the data gathering instrument itself, and removable instrument clock and memory modules, preferably disposed together in a housing such as a PCMCIA format card.

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  • KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.;KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cole, Clinton Seattle, WA 7 1015
Morgan, Carlton B Bainbridge Island, WA 58 5747
Powers, Daniel J Issaquah, WA 98 4459

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