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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2011
Wendell Lynch, East Lansing, MI (US);
Michael Tenbrock, Columbia, MD (US);
Alan Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Anand Jain, Ellicott City, MD (US);
William K. Krug, Daytona Beach, FL (US);
Wendell Lynch, East Lansing, MI (US);
Michael Tenbrock, Columbia, MD (US);
Alan Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Anand Jain, Ellicott City, MD (US);
William K. Krug, Daytona Beach, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An audio beacon system, apparatus and method for collecting information on a panelist's exposure to media. An audio beacon is configured as on-device encoding technology that is operative in a processing device (e.g., cell phone, PDA, PC) to enable the device to encode an environmental sound and transmit it for a predetermined period of time. The acoustically transmitted data is received and processed by a portable audience measurement device, such as Arbitron's Personal People Meter™ ('PPM'), or other specially equipped portable device to enable audience measurement systems to achieve higher levels of detail on panel member activity and greater association of measurement devices to their respective users.