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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.

Patent No.:

US 11741431 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2019

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, Wilton, CT (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Andrew B Whitaker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (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); G06Q 30/0203 (2023.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/101 (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); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (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 by a user of a portable research device in accordance with at least one predetermined use criterion are disclosed. The disclosed examples include passively gathering data for assessing an identity of a user of the portable research device, processing the passively gathered data to produce assessment data indicating a possibility that the user is not a predetermined correct user of the portable research device, based on the assessment data, displaying a message to the user requesting a response from which the user's identity may be determined, and processing a response to the message to produce data indicating whether the user is the predetermined correct user.

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