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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ranney Harrold Fry, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Mark Richard Cave, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Assignee:

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/61 (2021.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/00 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/302 (2013.01); H04W 12/61 (2021.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.


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