Patent ID: 7793316
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06Q,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of gathering audience measurement data comprising: monitoring a variable system factor reflecting a current system condition, the variable system factor comprising at least one of: (a) available bandwidth of a communication link between a local site and a remote site, (b) available storage capacity at the local site, (c) available storage capacity at the remote site, (d) processing speed associated with a processor at the local site, and (e) processing speed associated with a processor at the remote site; summing a number of bytes of audience measurement data per unit of time that is currently capable of being gathered by a plurality of sensors located to develop the audience measurement data at the local site, the plurality of sensors being located at the same local site; adaptively selecting, using a processor, at least one sensor from the plurality of sensors based on a comparison involving (a) the variable system factor and (b) the number of bytes of data per unit of time that is currently capable of being gathered by the plurality of sensors to adapt to the current system condition; storing the audience measurement data developed by the at least one selected sensor; and, at least one of ignoring or discarding data developed from a sensor in the plurality of sensors at the local site that is not one of the at least one selected sensor.