WO2007136742A3 - Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters - Google Patents

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WO2007136742A3
WO2007136742A3 PCT/US2007/011894 US2007011894W WO2007136742A3 WO 2007136742 A3 WO2007136742 A3 WO 2007136742A3 US 2007011894 W US2007011894 W US 2007011894W WO 2007136742 A3 WO2007136742 A3 WO 2007136742A3
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David Howell Wright
Christen Voss Nielsen
Robert Joel Stokes
Arun Ramaswamy
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Nielsen Co
David Howell Wright
Christen Voss Nielsen
Robert Joel Stokes
Arun Ramaswamy
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Priority to CA2652655A priority patent/CA2652655C/en
Priority to EP07777143A priority patent/EP2030442A4/en
Priority to MX2008014700A priority patent/MX2008014700A/en
Priority to AU2007254220A priority patent/AU2007254220B2/en
Publication of WO2007136742A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007136742A2/en
Publication of WO2007136742A3 publication Critical patent/WO2007136742A3/en

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    • H04H60/43—Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying broadcast time or space for identifying broadcast space, i.e. broadcast channels, broadcast stations or broadcast areas for identifying broadcast channels
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    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44218—Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
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    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44222—Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity
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Abstract

Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters are disclosed. An example method includes receiving audience information, configuring the audience meter based on the audience information, placing the audience meter in a sleep mode, and shipping the audience meter to a location associated with the audience information.
PCT/US2007/011894 2006-05-18 2007-05-18 Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters WO2007136742A2 (en)

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EP07777143A EP2030442A4 (en) 2006-05-18 2007-05-18 Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters
MX2008014700A MX2008014700A (en) 2006-05-18 2007-05-18 Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters.
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