GB2443524B - Gathering data concerning publication usage - Google Patents

Gathering data concerning publication usage

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Publication number
GB2443524B
GB2443524B GB0720899A GB0720899A GB2443524B GB 2443524 B GB2443524 B GB 2443524B GB 0720899 A GB0720899 A GB 0720899A GB 0720899 A GB0720899 A GB 0720899A GB 2443524 B GB2443524 B GB 2443524B
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Prior art keywords
data concerning
gathering data
publication usage
concerning publication
usage
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
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GB0720899A
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GB0720899D0 (en
GB2443524A (en
Inventor
James M Jensen
Jack C Crystal
Alan R Neuhauser
Jack K Zhang
Daniel W Pugh
Douglas J Visnius
Eugene L Flanagan Iii
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Nielsen Audio Inc
Original Assignee
Arbitron Inc
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Priority to GB0720899A priority Critical patent/GB2443524B/en
Priority claimed from GB0618538A external-priority patent/GB2426850B/en
Publication of GB0720899D0 publication Critical patent/GB0720899D0/en
Publication of GB2443524A publication Critical patent/GB2443524A/en
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Publication of GB2443524B publication Critical patent/GB2443524B/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/02—Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/08—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by means detecting the change of an electrostatic or magnetic field, e.g. by detecting change of capacitance between electrodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/258—Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
    • H04N21/25866—Management of end-user data
    • H04N21/25891—Management of end-user data being end-user preferences
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44222—Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity
    • H04N21/44224—Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Social Psychology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Development Economics (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation (AREA)
  • Game Theory and Decision Science (AREA)
  • Economics (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Computer Graphics (AREA)
  • Arrangements For Transmission Of Measured Signals (AREA)
GB0720899A 2004-03-19 2005-03-18 Gathering data concerning publication usage Expired - Fee Related GB2443524B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0720899A GB2443524B (en) 2004-03-19 2005-03-18 Gathering data concerning publication usage

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US55456004P 2004-03-19 2004-03-19
GB0618538A GB2426850B (en) 2004-03-19 2005-03-18 Gathering data concerning publication usage
GB0720899A GB2443524B (en) 2004-03-19 2005-03-18 Gathering data concerning publication usage

Publications (3)

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GB0720899D0 GB0720899D0 (en) 2007-12-05
GB2443524A GB2443524A (en) 2008-05-07
GB2443524B true GB2443524B (en) 2008-10-01

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Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH715702A1 (en) * 2018-12-25 2020-06-30 Werner Duetschler Printed matter tracking unit, printed matter, method and system for tracking and / or analyzing receipt and post-receipt treatment of such items.

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4659314A (en) * 1986-02-07 1987-04-21 Weinblatt Lee S Survey technique for readership of publications
US4726771A (en) * 1986-02-07 1988-02-23 Weinblatt Lee S Flat switch insertable into a magazine and usable as part of a survey technique for readership of publications
US4939326A (en) * 1986-02-07 1990-07-03 Weinblatt Lee S Flat switch insertable into a magazine and usable as part of a survey technique for readership of publications
US5234345A (en) * 1991-09-27 1993-08-10 Weinblatt Lee S Survey technique for readership of publications
US6600419B2 (en) * 2000-02-01 2003-07-29 Treetop Ventures Llc Method for determining if a publication has not been read

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4659314A (en) * 1986-02-07 1987-04-21 Weinblatt Lee S Survey technique for readership of publications
US4726771A (en) * 1986-02-07 1988-02-23 Weinblatt Lee S Flat switch insertable into a magazine and usable as part of a survey technique for readership of publications
US4939326A (en) * 1986-02-07 1990-07-03 Weinblatt Lee S Flat switch insertable into a magazine and usable as part of a survey technique for readership of publications
US5234345A (en) * 1991-09-27 1993-08-10 Weinblatt Lee S Survey technique for readership of publications
US6600419B2 (en) * 2000-02-01 2003-07-29 Treetop Ventures Llc Method for determining if a publication has not been read

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GB0720899D0 (en) 2007-12-05
GB2443524A (en) 2008-05-07

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