Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR METERING PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYERS
- Patent Title (中): 计量便携式媒体播放器的方法和装置
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Application No.: PCT/US2006060118Application Date: 2006-10-20
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Publication No.: WO2007048124A3Publication Date: 2008-05-29
- Inventor: MEARS PAUL , LUFF ROBERT A , STOKES ROBERT , RAMASWAMY ARUN , CONKLIN CHARLES CLINTON , MELLO BRIAN SCOTT , PELLETIER SETH ALAN , FISCH PERRY JOSEPH
- Applicant: NIELSEN MEDIA RES INC , MEARS PAUL , LUFF ROBERT A , STOKES ROBERT , RAMASWAMY ARUN , CONKLIN CHARLES CLINTON , MELLO BRIAN SCOTT , PELLETIER SETH ALAN , FISCH PERRY JOSEPH
- Assignee: NIELSEN MEDIA RES INC,MEARS PAUL,LUFF ROBERT A,STOKES ROBERT,RAMASWAMY ARUN,CONKLIN CHARLES CLINTON,MELLO BRIAN SCOTT,PELLETIER SETH ALAN,FISCH PERRY JOSEPH
- Current Assignee: NIELSEN MEDIA RES INC,MEARS PAUL,LUFF ROBERT A,STOKES ROBERT,RAMASWAMY ARUN,CONKLIN CHARLES CLINTON,MELLO BRIAN SCOTT,PELLETIER SETH ALAN,FISCH PERRY JOSEPH
- Priority: US72942105 2005-10-21; US78619606 2006-03-27; US81375706 2006-06-14
- Main IPC: H04K1/00
- IPC: H04K1/00 ; H04L9/00
Abstract:
Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect metering information associated with media presented by portable and computer media presentation devices are disclosed. A disclosed example method accesses a first data structure including metering information generated by at least one of first media presentation software executed by a personal computer or second media presentation software executed by a portable media presentation device. The metering information is associated with media presented by at least one of the first or second media presentation software. At least some of the metering information is then extracted from the first data structure and stored in a second data structure. The at least some of the metering information is then communicated from the second data structure to a data collection facility.
Public/Granted literature
- WO2007048124A8 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR METERING PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYERS Public/Granted day:2007-08-23
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