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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. 12, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ranney Harrold Fry, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Mark Richard Cave, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/028 (2013.01); H04W 12/00 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/302 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example method includes collecting media identification information corresponding to media presented at a location, changing an identifier of a base station local to the location to cause mobile devices located at the location to attempt to register with the base station, responding to a received request to register a mobile device with the base station by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile device at the base station, determining a number of mobile devices located at the location based on the stored device identification information, and identifying a number of persons exposed to the media based on the mobile devices located at the location.


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