Interactive service device metering systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8776103
APP PUB NO 20100138770A1
SERIAL NO

12631538

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A metering system meters usage of on-line and local services by way of interactive service devices. An example metering system includes a first data acquisition module configured to copy usage data associated with a first interactive service device and a second data acquisition module configured to copy usage data associated with a second interactive service device different than the first interactive service device. Each of the data acquisition modules is configured to distinguish between on-line communications associated with access to an on-line service and local communications associated with a local application program. In addition, each data acquisition module is configured to extract the usage data based whether an on-line communication or a local communication is identified.

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  • THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bhatia, Manish Secaucus, US 46 2664
Feininger, William A Palm Harbor, US 25 2453
Harkness, David H Wilton, US 21 2159
Lu, Daozheng Dunedin, US 45 9410
Samson, Jerome Belleair Beach, US 13 607

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