EP3459260A4 - Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren - Google Patents

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EP3459260A4
EP3459260A4 EP17816218.6A EP17816218A EP3459260A4 EP 3459260 A4 EP3459260 A4 EP 3459260A4 EP 17816218 A EP17816218 A EP 17816218A EP 3459260 A4 EP3459260 A4 EP 3459260A4
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metering apparatus
invertible
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Timothy Scott Cooper
James Joseph Vitt
Douglas Brent Turnbow
Christen V. Nielsen
Marko Usaj
Andrej BARBIS
Saso VRANEK
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Nielsen Co US LLC
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Priority claimed from US15/192,554 external-priority patent/US10178433B2/en
Priority claimed from US15/192,539 external-priority patent/US10405036B2/en
Priority claimed from US15/192,560 external-priority patent/US9984380B2/en
Application filed by Nielsen Co US LLC filed Critical Nielsen Co US LLC
Priority to EP18215594.5A priority Critical patent/EP3492863B1/de
Priority to EP18215638.0A priority patent/EP3499185B1/de
Priority to EP21161878.0A priority patent/EP3851792A1/de
Priority to EP21191657.2A priority patent/EP3929533A1/de
Publication of EP3459260A1 publication Critical patent/EP3459260A1/de
Publication of EP3459260A4 publication Critical patent/EP3459260A4/de
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    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
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    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
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EP17816218.6A 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren Pending EP3459260A4 (de)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP18215594.5A EP3492863B1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP18215638.0A EP3499185B1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP21161878.0A EP3851792A1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP21191657.2A EP3929533A1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren

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US15/192,554 US10178433B2 (en) 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
US15/192,539 US10405036B2 (en) 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods
US15/192,560 US9984380B2 (en) 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 Metering apparatus and related methods
PCT/US2017/038784 WO2017223333A1 (en) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Invertible metering apparatus and related methods

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EP21161878.0A Division EP3851792A1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP18215594.5A Division EP3492863B1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP18215594.5A Division-Into EP3492863B1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP21191657.2A Division EP3929533A1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP18215638.0A Division EP3499185B1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP18215638.0A Division-Into EP3499185B1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren

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EP18215638.0A Active EP3499185B1 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
EP17816218.6A Pending EP3459260A4 (de) 2016-06-24 2017-06-22 Umkehrbare messvorrichtung und zugehörige verfahren
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US10405036B2 (en) 2016-06-24 2019-09-03 The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc Invertible metering apparatus and related methods

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EP3499185B1 (de) 2021-04-14
EP3851792A1 (de) 2021-07-21
EP3492863A1 (de) 2019-06-05
EP3492863B1 (de) 2021-08-18
CN109417646A (zh) 2019-03-01
EP3459260A1 (de) 2019-03-27
CA3125871C (en) 2024-06-11
EP3499185A1 (de) 2019-06-19
CA3125871A1 (en) 2017-12-28
CN109417646B (zh) 2022-11-18
CA3125864A1 (en) 2017-12-28
CA3028702A1 (en) 2017-12-28
CA3028702C (en) 2023-08-08
WO2017223333A1 (en) 2017-12-28
EP3929533A1 (de) 2021-12-29

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