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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Charles C. Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Wayne A. Olmsted, Trinity, FL (US);
Karin Anne Johnson, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Fred Martensen, Tampa, FL (US);
Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Alexander Topchy, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Charles C. Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Wayne A. Olmsted, Trinity, FL (US);
Karin Anne Johnson, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Fred Martensen, Tampa, FL (US);
Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Alexander Topchy, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring a rate of data transfer to/from the monitored location and comparing the acquired rate of data transfer to a threshold. The example method also includes setting at least one media monitoring device in a first bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer exceeds the threshold, and setting the at least one media monitoring device in a second bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer is below the threshold.