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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system
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Application No.: US14800304Application Date: 2015-07-15
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Publication No.: US09794619B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Morris Lee , Daniel Nelson , Weston Headley
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04N21/436
- IPC: H04N21/436 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/442 ; H04H60/31 ; H04N7/16 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/658 ; H04N21/8352 ; H04H60/52

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system are disclosed. An example method involves identifying a first location of a portable metering device at a first time based on a plurality of location coordinates received from a location information system. The example method also involves generating media monitoring information corresponding to a media signal received at the first time. Additionally, the example method involves identifying the media monitoring information as being associated with a spillover signal in response to determining that a media delivery device is not located at the first location of the portable metering device at the first time.
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