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Patent No.:

US 10387618 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2016

Methods and systems for compliance confirmation and incentives

Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mills, MD (US);

Jack K. Zhang, Ijamsville, MD (US);

Eugene L. Flanagan, III, Wilton, CT (US);

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:

Hanley Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Mallika D Fairchild

Assistant Examiner:

Shirley X Jian

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/1172 (2016.01); A61B 5/1171 (2016.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 7/02 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/3418 (2013.01); A61B 3/1216 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/1172 (2013.01); A61B 5/1176 (2013.01); A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 5/4833 (2013.01); A61B 5/6898 (2013.01); A61B 7/003 (2013.01); A61B 7/008 (2013.01); A61B 7/02 (2013.01); G06F 19/321 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 2503/12 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0203 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for monitoring use of a research device is disclosed. The disclosed example includes producing monitored data by monitoring at least one of the user's heart activity, the user's breathing activity, the user's borborygmus (gastrointestinal noise), the user's vascular pattern, the user's facial and/or ear patterns, the user's fingerprint and/or handprint, and the user's retinal and/or iris pattern, and determining the user's compliance with a predetermined criterion for use of the portable research device based on the monitored data.

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