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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
David Howell Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Dan Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Glen Vilches, Dunedin, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An example portable device disclosed herein includes means for halting execution of media metering software in response to determining the portable device is being used for a native purpose, the media metering software having been downloaded to the portable device. The example portable device also includes means, responsive to determining that the portable device is not being used for a native purpose, for executing the media metering software to monitor a media signal output by a media presentation device. The example portable device further includes means for determining whether an amount of available power is sufficient to continue execution of the media metering software, and means, responsive to determining that the amount of available power is insufficient, for causing execution of the media metering software to sleep for a first interval of time.