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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Dan Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Kevin K. Deng, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
John Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Dan Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Kevin K. Deng, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
John Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation are described herein. In an example method includes counting a first number of individuals proximate to a media presentation device, counting a second number of signals received from one or more portable devices, each of which is associated with a respective one of one or more monitored individuals, comparing the first number of individuals to the second number of signals, and determining a third number of unidentified ones of the individuals proximate to the media presentation device based on the comparison of the first number of individuals to the second number of signals.