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Patent US8764652 - Method and system for measuring and ranking an “engagement” response to ... - Google Patents
A system and method for calculating an engagement value by quantifying an amount that a user is acting without thinking considering brainwaves and a heart rate can be used to compare media based on an individual or a group of individuals. Events of the media can be contrasted and compared by the engagement...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US8764652?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8764652 - Method and system for measuring and ranking an “engagement” response to audiovisual or interactive media, products, or activities using physiological signals
Publication number US8764652 B2
Application number US 11/845,993
Also published as CN101720200A, CN101720200B, CN102894966A, CN102894966B, EP2134254A1, EP2134254A4, EP2134254B1, US20080221400, WO2008108815A1
Publication number 11845993, 845993, US 8764652 B2, US 8764652B2, US-B2-8764652, US8764652 B2, US8764652B2
Inventors Hans C. Lee, Timmie T. Hong, William H. Williams, Michael R. Fettiplace, Michael J. Lee
Original Assignee The Nielson Company (US), LLC.
Patent Citations (171), Non-Patent Citations (239), Referenced by (9), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4)
US 8764652 B2
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