Invention Application
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation
- Patent Title (中): 收集与媒体演示相关的观众信息的方法和设备
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Application No.: US10970585Application Date: 2004-10-21
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Publication No.: US20050144632A1Publication Date: 2005-06-30
- Inventor: Paul Mears , Arun Ramaswamy , Venugopal Srinivasan , Dan Nelson , Kevin Deng , John Peiffer
- Applicant: Paul Mears , Arun Ramaswamy , Venugopal Srinivasan , Dan Nelson , Kevin Deng , John Peiffer
- Assignee: Nielsen Media Research, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nielsen Media Research, Inc.
- Main IPC: H04H1/00
- IPC: H04H1/00 ; H04H60/31 ; H04H60/33 ; H04H60/37 ; H04H60/45 ; H04H60/56 ; H04N7/16 ; H04H9/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation are described herein. In an example method, the presence of one or more other media metering devices is monitored by a first media metering device associated with a media presentation device. A monitoring operation of the first media metering device is varied based on a presence of the one or more other media metering devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US08225342B2 Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation Public/Granted day:2012-07-17
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