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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:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Joan Fitzgerald, Arlington, VA (US);
Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mill, MD (US);
Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
James M. Jensen, Columbia, MD (US);
David Patrick Forr, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Eugene L. Flanagan, Iii, Wilton, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joan Fitzgerald, Arlington, VA (US);
Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mill, MD (US);
Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
James M. Jensen, Columbia, MD (US);
David Patrick Forr, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Eugene L. Flanagan, III, Wilton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for tracking movements of participants in a market research study, for example, outside retail establishments, are provided. The methods and systems employ portable monitors carried on the persons of the participants to gather location data.