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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:
Jan. 05, 2010

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2002
Applicants:

Daozheng LU, Dunedin, FL (US);

David H. Harkness, Wilton, CT (US);

Manish Bhatia, Secaucus, NJ (US);

Jerome Samson, Belleair Beach, FL (US);

William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Inventors:

Daozheng Lu, Dunedin, FL (US);

David H. Harkness, Wilton, CT (US);

Manish Bhatia, Secaucus, NJ (US);

Jerome Samson, Belleair Beach, FL (US);

William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A metering system meters usage of on-line and off-line services by way of interactive service devices. Interactive service devices may include personal computers and non-personal-computers. Non-personal-computers may include network computers, gaming devices, Internet televisions, Internet telephones, and the like. The on-line service usage may include Internet usage such as which home pages, advertisements, and other Internet resources are accessed by a user. The off-line service usage may include application program usage such as which application programs are executed by a user.


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