Arbitron Inc.

Control Data Corporation

The Arbitron Company

Thomas W White

Alan R Neuhauser

Roberta M McConochie

James M Jensen

Gerald B Cohen

Ann B Seiler

James D Peacock

Claude A Rankin

Robert H Patchen

Louis W Conley

Wylie Wong

Carol P Stowell

Carole M Schmidt

Jon R Brooks

Susan V Osborn

Amy E Pearl

Roberta M Mcconochie

Jon Randall Brooks

Systems and methods are provided for gathering audience measurement data relating to receipt of and/or exposure to audio data by an audience member. A signature characterizing the audio data and additional data are obtained, and the audio data is identified based on both.

AD detection using ID code and extracted signature

Systems and methods are provided for gathering audience measurement data relating to receipt of and/or exposure to audio data by an audience member. Audio data is monitored to detect a monitoring code. Based on detection of the monitoring code, a signature characterizing the audio data is extracted.

Audio data receipt/exposure measurement with code monitoring and signature extraction

Self-administered survey devices include a display, an input device, a memory and a control device which controls the display to show at least one survey question and control the memory to store a response to the at least one question. A system and method for carrying out self-administered surveys utilize a centralized survey data processor and a plurality of self-administered survey devices for storing survey data entered by respective respondents and wherein survey data is wirelessly transmitted from the plurality of self-administered survey devices to the centralized survey data processor.

Self-administered survey systems, methods and devices

Systems and methods are provided for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion. A sense signal is provided indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member, and a time signal corresponding with the sense signal is also provided. An indication to the audience member of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion is provided based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal.

Compliance incentives for audience monitoring/recording devices

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Thomas W White