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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Michael J. Conrad, Monroe, WA (US);
Geoffrey J Hulten, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Kyle J. Krum, Sammamish, WA (US);
Umaimah A. Mendhro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Darren B. Remington, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael J. Conrad, Monroe, WA (US);
Geoffrey J Hulten, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Kyle J. Krum, Sammamish, WA (US);
Umaimah A. Mendhro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Darren B. Remington, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.