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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:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Balachander Shankar, Tampa, FL (US);
Molly Poppie, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
David J Kurzynski, South Elgin, IL (US);
Jarrett Garcia, Elgin, IL (US);
Lukasz Chmura, Chicago, IL (US);
Huaxin You, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Peter Doe, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Christine Bourquin, Wheeling, IL (US);
Timothy Dolson, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Jone Mary Burr, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Samantha M. Mowrer, Chicago, IL (US);
Anthony Venetucci, Hampshire, IL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a household minute credited to a station in a household by a first media meter (MM) device, the first MM device collecting only audio data, determining whether a panelist audience meter device is crediting the station at the same time in the household, when the panelist audience meter device is crediting the same station, associating the household minute with an ambient tuning status, identifying a first automatic gain control (AGC) value and a first code status of the household minute, calculating model coefficients based on the ambient tuning status, the first AGC value and the first code status, and calculating a probability of ambient tuning based on the model coefficients.