Patent ID: 8166497
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A system to collect metering information, the system comprising: a first media meter to generate first media monitoring information in response to media presented by a first media presentation device during a first data collection period and to generate second media monitoring information in response to media presented by the first media presentation device during a second data collection period; a main storage to store the first media monitoring information during the first data collection period and to store the second media monitoring information during the second data collection period; an archive storage to store the first media monitoring information during the second data collection period; a first peripheral memory device removably couplable by an audience member to the first media meter to receive at least one of the first media monitoring information or the second media monitoring information; and a second peripheral memory device removably couplable by the audience member to the first media meter to receive at least one of the first media monitoring information or the second media monitoring information, during the first data collection period, the first media monitoring information being receivable from the main storage, during the second data collection period, the first media monitoring information being receivable from the archive storage and the second media monitoring information being receivable from the main storage, and the second peripheral memory device to receive the first media monitoring information from the archive storage after the first media monitoring information has been determined to be corrupted on the first peripheral device.