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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 40702', 'Application No. 97938348', 'Application No. 9902112', 'Application No. 97197720', 'Application No. 97197720', 'Application No. 97197720', 'Application No. 97197720', 'Application No. 97197720', 'Application No. 40702', 'Application No. 97938348', 'Application No. 97197720']

Patent US7647605 - Coded/non-coded program audience measurement system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAn audience measurement system identifies a program which is broadcast from a signal source and to which a receiver is tuned. The audience measurement system includes a code reader for reading an ancillary code of the program to which the receiver is tuned, a channel status detector for determining channel...http://www.google.com/patents/US7647605?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7647605 - Coded/non-coded program audience measurement systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7647605 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/035,853Publication dateJan 12, 2010Filing dateFeb 22, 2008Priority dateSep 6, 1996Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2262675A1, CN1135756C, CN1230315A, CN1505408A, EP0923819A2, US6647548, US20040058675, US20080288972, WO1998010539A2, WO1998010539A3Publication number035853, 12035853, US 7647605 B2, US 7647605B2, US-B2-7647605, US7647605 B2, US7647605B2InventorsDaozheng Lu, David H. HarknessOriginal AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (Us), LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (30), Non-Patent Citations (20), Referenced by (5), Classifications (13), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetCoded/non-coded program audience measurement system
Although the present invention is described herein with particular reference to television audience monitoring, it should be realized that the present invention applies also to the monitoring of other forms of audience entertainment, such as to the monitoring of radio audiences. Moreover, as used herein, the term �programs� means segments of various lengths such as all or parts of programs, commercials, promos, public service announcements, and so on.
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No. 08/709,180, 20 pages.20Second Office Action, mailed Apr. 11, 2003, Chinese Application No. 97197720.8, 3 pages.Referenced byCiting PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitleUS8056098 *Apr 4, 2008Nov 8, 2011Microsoft CorporationLineup detectionUS8359610Dec 13, 2007Jan 22, 2013The Nielsen Company (Us), LlcAudience measurement apparatus, system and method for producing audience information of a media presentationUS8589969Dec 7, 2012Nov 19, 2013The Nielsen Company (Us), LlcAudience measurement apparatus, system and method for producing audience information of a media presentationUS8737745Mar 27, 2012May 27, 2014The Nielsen Company (Us), LlcScene-based people metering for audience measurementUS8856816Oct 15, 2010Oct 7, 2014The Nielsen Company (Us), LlcAudience measurement systems, methods and apparatus* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification725/20, 725/13, 725/14International ClassificationH04H60/37, H04H60/32, H04H1/00, H04H60/33, H04N17/00, H04H60/44Cooperative ClassificationH04H60/37, H04H60/44European ClassificationH04H60/37, H04H60/44Legal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMar 14, 2013FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 4Jun 4, 2009ASAssignmentOwner name: NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, THE, ILLINOISFree format text: CONVERSION;ASSIGNOR:A.C. NIELSEN (US), INC.;REEL/FRAME:022800/0072Effective date: 20081001Sep 5, 2008ASAssignmentOwner name: A.C. NIELSEN COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, ILLIFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:LU, DAOZHENG;HARKNESS, DAVID H.;REEL/FRAME:021497/0752;SIGNING DATES FROM 19960903 TO 19960905RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services