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- 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.: US08225342B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Paul M. Mears , Arun Ramaswamy , Venugopal Srinivasan , Dan Nelson , Kevin K. Deng , John Peiffer
- Applicant: Paul M. Mears , Arun Ramaswamy , Venugopal Srinivasan , Dan Nelson , Kevin K. Deng , John Peiffer
- Applicant Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC.
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC.
- Main IPC: H04H60/33
- IPC: H04H60/33

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation are described herein. In an example method, a first media metering device associated with a media presentation device monitors for a presence of one or more other media metering devices and a monitoring operation of the first media metering device is halted based on the presence of the one or more other media metering devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050144632A1 Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation Public/Granted day:2005-06-30
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