Patent ID: 9739803
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. A method of storing a plurality of readings in a digital multimeter comprising a measurement component, a data storage component, a user input component, a display component, and an auto-incrementing descriptor component, the method comprising: receiving, through the measurement component, real-time measurement data corresponding to one or more physical or electrical parameters; receiving selection input via the user input component to save a first reading of the measurement data; in response to the selection input, holding a value of the real-time measurement data in which a value of the measurement data is frozen within the display component; storing in the data storage component the held value as the first reading of the measurement data, wherein the first reading is stored in association with a first name comprised of a string of alphanumeric characters having a first descriptor appended thereto; by operation of the auto-incrementing descriptor component, automatically incrementing the first descriptor to generate a second descriptor; in response to receiving further selection input via the user input component to save a second reading of the measurement data, holding a value of the real-time measurement data and storing in the data storage component the held value as the second reading of the measurement data, wherein the second reading is stored in association with a second name comprised of a string of alphanumeric characters having the second descriptor appended thereto.