METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL A STATE OF DATA COLLECTION DEVICES

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APP PUB NO 20150281775A1
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14738479

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Methods and apparatus to control a state of data collection devices are disclosed. An example method includes collecting people data from a media exposure environment including a media presentation device; identifying, via a processor, a type of person present in the media exposure environment; when the type of person is a first type of person, refraining from collecting data from the media exposure environment with the processor for a first time period; and when the type of person is a second type of person different than the first type of person, collecting, with the processor, media exposure data from the media exposure environment.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US) LLC85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK NY 10004

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Besehanic, Jan Tampa, US 139 2807
Ramaswamy, Arun Tampa, US 247 9566
Soundararajan, Padmanabhan Tampa, US 44 681
Topchy, Alexander Pavlovich New Port Richey, US 29 995

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