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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Ronald S. Kolessar, Elkridge, MD (US);
James M. Jensen, Columbia, MD (US);
Wendell D. Lynch, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Inventors:
Ronald S. Kolessar, Elkridge, MD (US);
James M. Jensen, Columbia, MD (US);
Wendell D. Lynch, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/26 (2006.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for gathering audience measurement data relating to exposure of an audience member to audio data. Audio data is received in a user system and is then encoded with audience measurement data. The encoded audio data is reproduced by the user system, picked up by a monitor and decoded to recover the audience measurement data.