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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2014
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Inventors:

Perry Joseph Fisch, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Seth Alan Pelletier, New Port Richey, FL (US);

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04H 60/58 (2008.01); H04H 60/59 (2008.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3002 (2013.01); G11B 27/322 (2013.01); G11B 27/36 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04H 60/58 (2013.01); H04H 60/59 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8193 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect metering information associated with media presented by portable and computer media presentation devices are disclosed. A disclosed example method accesses a first data structure including metering information generated by at least one of first media presentation software executed by a personal computer or second media presentation software executed by a portable media presentation device. The metering information is associated with media presented by at least one of the first or second media presentation software. At least some of the metering information is then extracted from the first data structure and stored in a second data structure. The at least some of the metering information is then communicated from the second data structure to a data collection facility.


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