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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Simon Michael Rowe, Berkshire, GB;
Nick Arini, Southhampton, GB;
Owen Charlebois, Columbia, MD (US);
Simon Michael Rowe, Berkshire, GB;
Nick Arini, Southhampton, GB;
Owen Charlebois, Columbia, MD (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for logging the TV viewing activities at a household includes a TV messaging device at the household and a remote TV viewership measurement server communicatively coupled to the messaging device. The TV messaging device receives an infrared signal including a TV operation code from a remote control device within the household. The infrared signal is directed to a particular TV to perform a predefined operation. The TV messaging device generates a TV operation message including the TV operation code and a household identifier associated with the household and transmits the TV operation message to the TV viewership measurement server. Upon receipt of the TV operation message, the TV viewership measurement server tries to identify one of multiple TV devices within the household as being the target of the TV operation code and updates TV viewership data associated with the household in accordance with the TV operation code.