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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Nielsen-ccdata Media Research Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nielsen-CCData Media Research Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/21 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04H 60/43 (2008.01); H04H 60/58 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04H 60/43 (2013.01); H04H 60/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and a method for monitoring behavior of listening to broadcast comprises a transmitter transmitting a characteristic audio signal which is modulated on a carrier signal; a collector collecting an ambient sound; a detector detecting whether the collected ambient sound contains the characteristic audio signal; and a determiner determining whether a broadcast receiving apparatus receives the broadcasting channel corresponding to frequency of the carrier signal according to the result of the detector.