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Patent US8046798 - Profiling and identification of television viewers - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsProfiling a television viewer by monitoring and processing, locally at a television viewing environment, the viewer's interactivity (e.g., via a remote control unit) with the television viewing environment. Generating one or more profiles for each viewer based on one or more of the multitude of interactions...http://www.google.com/patents/US8046798?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8046798 - Profiling and identification of television viewersAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8046798 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/751,154Publication dateOct 25, 2011Filing dateMay 21, 2007Priority dateJan 11, 2001Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS7260823, US8667536, US20020129368Publication number11751154, 751154, US 8046798 B1, US 8046798B1, US-B1-8046798, US8046798 B1, US8046798B1InventorsJohn A. Schlack, Andrew Sutton, Andrew J. Rampulla, Charles A ElderingOriginal AssigneePrime Research Alliance E, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (38), Referenced by (39), Classifications (66), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetProfiling and identification of television viewers
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