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Patent No.:

US 10412427 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2018

Methods and systems to meter media content presented on a wireless communication device

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Kamal Nasser, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Jeff L. Herrmann, Chicago, IL (US);

Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);

Brian Scott Mello, Oldsmar, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Hanley Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Adolf Dsouza

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04H 60/64 (2008.01); H04H 60/66 (2008.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04H 60/40 (2008.01); H04H 60/43 (2008.01); H04H 60/44 (2008.01); H04H 60/50 (2008.01); H04H 60/51 (2008.01); H04H 60/58 (2008.01); H04H 60/59 (2008.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/24 (2013.01); H04H 60/64 (2013.01); H04H 60/66 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/42684 (2013.01); H04N 21/4424 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/845 (2013.01); H04H 60/32 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04H 60/40 (2013.01); H04H 60/43 (2013.01); H04H 60/44 (2013.01); H04H 60/50 (2013.01); H04H 60/51 (2013.01); H04H 60/58 (2013.01); H04H 60/59 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus to generate media metering information includes a display to present selectable options for a user to select one of a plurality of levels of anonymity to be used in association with generating the media metering information indicative of media content presentations; a processor to access an anonymity selection of one of the levels of anonymity, the levels of anonymity including no anonymity, partial anonymity, and total anonymity; and a metering information generator to generate the media metering information in association with the anonymity selection.

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