Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gathering data concerning publication usage
- Patent Title (中): 收集有关出版物使用的数据
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Application No.: US11084481Application Date: 2005-03-18
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Publication No.: US07962315B2Publication Date: 2011-06-14
- Inventor: James M. Jensen , Jack C. Crystal , Alan R. Neuhauser , Jack K. Zhang , Daniel W. Pugh , Douglas J. Visnius , Eugene L. Flanagan, III
- Applicant: James M. Jensen , Jack C. Crystal , Alan R. Neuhauser , Jack K. Zhang , Daniel W. Pugh , Douglas J. Visnius , Eugene L. Flanagan, III
- Applicant Address: US MD Columbia
- Assignee: Arbitron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arbitron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Columbia
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/40
- IPC: G06F17/40 ; G01L5/16

Abstract:
Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various devices, such as piezoelectric transducers, RFID tags and others devices and circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060028953A1 Gathering data concerning publication usage Public/Granted day:2006-02-09
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