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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:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mill, MD (US);
Jack K. Zhang, Ijamsville, MD (US);
Eugene L. Flanagan, Iii, Wilton, CT (US);
Inventors:
Alan R. Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Jack C. Crystal, Owings Mill, MD (US);
Jack K. Zhang, Ijamsville, MD (US);
Eugene L. Flanagan, III, Wilton, CT (US);
Assignee:
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06F 19/327 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0203 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for monitoring use by a user of a portable research device based on one or more kinds of monitored data. Methods and systems are disclosed for monitoring use by a user of a portable research device in accordance with at least one predetermined use criterion using actively and/or passively gathered data.