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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Cary Pillers, Richardson, TX (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to detect uninstallation of an on-device meter are disclosed. An example method includes detecting, at a second process on a mobile device, a first notification that an on-device meter process is to be uninstalled, the first notification broadcast within the mobile device in response to a user instruction to uninstall the on-device meter process. The on-device meter process is to monitor usage of the mobile device. The first notification is not communicated external to the mobile device. In response to the identification of the first notification, monitoring information stored by the on-device meter process is transmitted to a remote data collector. The monitoring information not transmitted to the remote data collector by the on-device meter process. An uninstallation notification is transmitted to the remote data collector, and includes an identifier to identify at least one of the mobile device or a user of the mobile device.