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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:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Brian Shane Fuhrer, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04H 60/45 (2008.01); H04H 60/46 (2008.01); H04H 60/66 (2008.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04H 60/45 (2013.01); H04H 60/46 (2013.01); H04H 60/66 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/44226 (2020.08); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and systems to collect audience measurement data are disclosed. Disclosed example systems include first means for processing to collect (i) first media identification data corresponding to a first time period and (ii) second media identification data corresponding to a second time period after the first time period, the first media identification data and the second media identification data associated with a monitored location and second means for processing to develop behavior data based on the first media identification data and people meter data collected during the first time period with a people meter associated with the monitored location, the people meter to be deactivated during the second time period and identify an audience member associated with the second media identification data based on the behavior data and without access to any people meter data corresponding to the second time period.


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