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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Gildfind, Mountain View, CA (US);
Simon Michael Rowe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ken Krieger, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Robert Stewart, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for conducting a media consumption study, includes at a processor of a position marker placed in a study site in a vicinity of a fixed media device; receiving a signal broadcast from a personal measurement device; determining signal information of the received broadcast signal, the signal information including identification information of the personal measurement device, and one or mora signal characteristics; comparing the one or more signal characteristics to threshold values; and based on the comparison, determining the personal measurement device is in proximity to the fixed media device.