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Patent US7386473 - Content display monitoring by a processing system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Web History | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe invention can enable monitoring of the display of content by a computer system. Moreover, the invention can enable monitoring of the displayed content to produce monitoring information from which conclusions may be deduced regarding the observation of the displayed content by an observer. The invention...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7386473?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7386473 - Content display monitoring by a processing systemPublication numberUS7386473 B2Publication typeGrantApplication number09/490,495Publication date10 Jun 2008Filing date25 Jan 2000Priority date3 Sep 1996Also published asCA2246746A1, CN1174316C, CN1209891A, CN1306410C, CN1547123A, CN1547124A, CN1881186A, CN100380341C, CN100507868C, DE69720186D1, DE69720186T2, EP0870234A2, EP0870234B1, EP1130526A2, EP1168196A2, US6108637, US7590568, US7613635, US7644156, US7650407, US7653724, US7716326, US7720963, US7720964, US7756974, US20040078292, US20070106755, US20070106763, US20070106779, US20070106787, US20070106788, US20070106789, US20070106790, US20070106791, US20070106792, US20070112638, US20070112639, US20100299604, WO1998010349A2, WO1998010349A3Publication number09490495, 490495, US 7386473 B2, US 7386473B2, US-B2-7386473, US7386473 B2, US7386473B2InventorsTrevor BlumenauOriginal AssigneeNielsen Media Research, Inc., Netratings, Inc.Patent Citations (112), Non-Patent Citations (128), Referenced by (11), Classifications (26) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetContent display monitoring by a processing systemUS 7386473 B2Abstract The invention can enable monitoring of the display of content by a computer system. Moreover, the invention can enable monitoring of the displayed content to produce monitoring information from which conclusions may be deduced regarding the observation of the displayed content by an observer. The invention can also enable monitoring of the display at a content display site of content that is provided by a content provider site over a network to the content display site. Additionally, the invention can enable the expeditious provision of updated and/or tailored content over a network from a content provider site to a content display site so that the content provider's current and appropriately tailored content is always displayed at the content display site. Aspects of the invention related to transfer of content over a network are generally applicable to any type of network. However, it is contemplated that the invention can be particularly useful with a computer network, including private computer networks (e.g., America Online�) and public computer networks (e.g., the Internet). In particular, the invention can be advantageously used with computer networks or portions of computer networks over which video and/or audio content are transferred from one network site to another network site for observation, such as the World Wide Web portion of the Internet.
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