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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:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Alejandro Gutierrez, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0254 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04M 1/72575 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04M 2250/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor mobile devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a shell having a form factor dimensioned to receive a mobile device; and a near-field interceptor coupled to the shell, the near-field interceptor to capture data communicated via a near-field energy field between a first near-field communication device of the mobile device and a second near field communication device external to the mobile device.