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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2007
Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mills, MD (US);
James M. Jensen, Shelton, WA (US);
William K. Krug, Rockville, MD (US);
Wendell D. Lynch, East Lansing, MI (US);
Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Eugene L. Flanagan, Iii, Wilton, CT (US);
Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mills, MD (US);
James M. Jensen, Shelton, WA (US);
William K. Krug, Rockville, MD (US);
Wendell D. Lynch, East Lansing, MI (US);
Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Eugene L. Flanagan, III, Wilton, CT (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods of gathering data concerning a location of an audience member proximate to a content presentation are provided. A stationary device is proximate to the content presentation. A portable monitor is carried by or with the person of an audience member. Location data is obtained by communicating data from the portable monitor to the stationary device, or from the stationary device to the portable monitor, or by comparing data gathered by both the stationary device and the portable monitor.