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Patent US8091100 - Prompting of audience member identification - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAn audience measurement system determines the likelihood that an audience member is in the audience of a receiver during a particular day part. If the audience member is not likely to be in the audience of the receiver during that day part, the audience member is prompted to enter an audience member...http://www.google.com/patents/US8091100?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8091100 - Prompting of audience member identificationAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8091100 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/883,546Publication dateJan 3, 2012Filing dateJun 18, 2001Priority dateJun 18, 2001Also published asCA2450226A1, CA2450226C, CN1518807A, EP1400044A1, EP1400044B1, US8739194, US20020198762, US20120324496, US20140229961, WO2002103942A1Publication number09883546, 883546, US 8091100 B2, US 8091100B2, US-B2-8091100, US8091100 B2, US8091100B2InventorsPaul DonatoOriginal AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (Us), LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (38), Non-Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (4), Classifications (15), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPrompting of audience member identification
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examinerClassifications U.S. Classification725/10, 725/46, 725/11, 382/103, 725/12, 709/224, 348/587International ClassificationH04H1/00, H04N17/00, H04H60/33, H04H60/45Cooperative ClassificationH04H60/45, H04N21/441, H04N21/44218European ClassificationH04H60/45Legal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMay 15, 2012CCCertificate of correctionJul 27, 2009ASAssignmentOwner name: NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, THE,, ILLINOISFree format text: MERGER;ASSIGNOR:NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC.), A DELAWARE CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:023030/0245Effective date: 20081001Sep 7, 2006ASAssignmentOwner name: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT,NEW YORKFree format text: SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNORS:NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC.;AC NIELSEN (US), INC.;BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS, LLC AND OTHERS;US-ASSIGNMENT DATABASE UPDATED:20100302;REEL/FRAME:18207/607Free format text: SECURITY AGREEMENT;ASSIGNORS:NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC.;AC NIELSEN (US), INC.;BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS, LLC AND 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