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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:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2005
Applicants:

Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);

James M. Jensen, Columbia, MD (US);

Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mill, MD (US);

Jack K. Zhang, Ijamsville, MD (US);

Daniel W. Pugh, Catonsville, MD (US);

Douglas J. Visnius, Orlando, FL (US);

Eugene L. Flanagan, Iii, Wilton, CT (US);

Inventors:

Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);

James M. Jensen, Columbia, MD (US);

Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mill, MD (US);

Jack K. Zhang, Ijamsville, MD (US);

Daniel W. Pugh, Catonsville, MD (US);

Douglas J. Visnius, Orlando, FL (US);

Eugene L. Flanagan, III, Wilton, CT (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); B42D 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 15/00 (2013.01); G06K 19/0717 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); B42P 2221/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/258 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various devices, such as piezoelectric transducers, RFID tags and others devices and circuits.


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