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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1993
Jon R Brooks, Silver Spring, MD (US);
James M Jensen, Columbia, MD (US);
Roberta M McConochie, Annapolis, MD (US);
Susan V Osborn, Columbia, MD (US);
Amy E Pearl, Washington, DC (US);
Carole M Schmidt, New Carrollton, MD (US);
Ann B Seiler, Annapolis, MD (US);
Carol P Stowell, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Thomas W White, Annapolis, MD (US);
Wylie Wong, Silver Spring, MD (US);
The Arbitron Company, Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion. A sense signal is provided indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member, and a time signal corresponding with the sense signal is also provided. An indication to the audience member of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion is provided based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal.