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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Andrej Barbis, Illirska Bistrica, SI;
Joze Arh, Koper, SI;
Marko Panger, Plavje, SI;
Marko Usaj, Ljubljana, SI;
Saso Vranek, Ilirska Bistrica, SI;
Assignee:
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04H 60/33 (2008.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H02N 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0272 (2013.01); H02N 15/00 (2013.01); H04H 60/33 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04H 2201/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example levitating meter apparatus are disclosed. An example metering system includes a meter having a display to present indicia associated with a panelist, the meter having a microphone to receive audio output from the media device and circuitry to perform media monitoring. The example metering system includes a base having a cavity to receive at least a portion of the meter, the meter to magnetically levitate relative to the base to decouple the meter from the base.