Patent ID: 8924994
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring, using a processor, an activation state of a media presentation device; and controlling, using the processor, activation of an audience measurement meter different from the media presentation device based on the monitored activation state of the media presentation device, the audience measurement meter to monitor the media presentation device when the activation state is an active state, the controlling comprising: in response to determining that the media presentation device has been active during at least a portion of a time interval prior to a first time, (1) sending a wake-up signal to activate the audience measurement meter and (2) interrogating the audience measurement meter to obtain audience measurement data associated with the time interval prior to the first time; and in response to determining that the media presentation device has been inactive over the time interval prior to the first time, determining that interrogation of the audience measurement meter to obtain audience measurement data associated with the time interval prior to the first time is to be skipped.