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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:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2015
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Morris Lee, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);

Weston Headley, Battle Ground, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); H04H 60/52 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04N 7/16 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/4131 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01); G08C 2201/91 (2013.01); H04H 60/52 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system are disclosed. An example method involves identifying a first location of a portable metering device at a first time based on a plurality of location coordinates received from a location information system. The example method also involves generating media monitoring information corresponding to a media signal received at the first time. Additionally, the example method involves identifying the media monitoring information as being associated with a spillover signal in response to determining that a media delivery device is not located at the first location of the portable metering device at the first time.


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