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Patent US7386473 - Content display monitoring by a processing system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe 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.com/patents/US7386473?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7386473 - Content display monitoring by a processing systemAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7386473 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/490,495Publication dateJun 10, 2008Filing dateJan 25, 2000Priority dateSep 3, 1996Fee statusPaidAlso 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, US8713428, US8719698, US8769394, US20040078292, US20070106755, US20070106763, US20070106779, US20070106787, US20070106788, US20070106789, US20070106790, US20070106791, US20070106792, US20070112638, US20070112639, US20100299604, US20130145263, US20140317275, WO1998010349A2, WO1998010349A3Publication number09490495, 490495, US 7386473 B2, US 7386473B2, US-B2-7386473, US7386473 B2, US7386473B2InventorsTrevor BlumenauOriginal AssigneeNielsen Media Research, Inc., Netratings, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (112), Non-Patent Citations (128), Referenced by (75), Classifications (28), Legal Events (13) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetContent display monitoring by a processing system
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