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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:
Dec. 16, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2008
Applicants:

Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Robert A. Luff, Whittman, MD (US);

Robert Joel Stokes, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);

Charles Clinton Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);

Brian Scott Mello, Oldsmar, FL (US);

Seth Alan Pelletier, New Port Richey, FL (US);

Perry Joseph Fisch, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Inventors:

Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Robert A. Luff, Whittman, MD (US);

Robert Joel Stokes, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);

Charles Clinton Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);

Brian Scott Mello, Oldsmar, FL (US);

Seth Alan Pelletier, New Port Richey, FL (US);

Perry Joseph Fisch, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/56 (2008.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04H 60/59 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04H 60/58 (2008.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/59 (2013.01); G11B 27/322 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/8193 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); G11B 27/36 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04H 60/58 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect metering information associated with media presented by portable and computer media presentation devices are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a headset configured to be communicatively coupled to a media presentation device and a speaker coupled to the headset and configured to emit audio based on audio information received from the media presentation device. The example apparatus also includes a metering information generator coupled to the headset and configured to be communicatively coupled to the media presentation device to receive the audio information and generate metering information associated with the received audio information.


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