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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:
Jan. 26, 2016
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);
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 power status and a first automatic gain control (AGC) value for an exposure minute from a panelist audience meter in a first household, the panelist audience meter comprising a power sensor, identifying a second AGC value and a daypart for a household tuning minute from a first media meter (MM) in the first household, the MM comprising microphones to collect audio data, and calculating model coefficients based on the exposure minute and the household tuning minute to be applied to data from a second MM in a second household, the model coefficients to facilitate a power status probability calculation in the second household devoid of the panelist audience meter having the power sensor.