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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Inventors:
David Petersen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Padraig Stapleton, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/28 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01); H04W 4/26 (2009.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/08 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 15/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to collect information on a wireless device are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing collecting information instructions in a firmware layer of a wireless device and outside of an operating system context to store collected information about the usage of the wireless device and to send the collected information to a data center separate from the wireless device. The collected information indicates when a media access occured on the wireless device.