Compliance incentives for audience monitoring/recording devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5483276
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08101558

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Systems and methods are provided for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion. A sense signal is provided indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member, and a time signal corresponding with the sense signal is also provided. An indication to the audience member of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion is provided based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal.

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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
Brooks, Jon R Silver Spring, MD 1 368
Jensen, James M Columbia, MD 47 6936
McConochie, Roberta M Annapolis, MD 3 723
Osborn, Susan V Columbia, MD 1 368
Pearl, Amy E Washington, DC 1 368
Schmidt, Carole M New Carrollton, MD 1 368
Seiler, Ann B Annapolis, MD 1 368
Stowell, Carol P Chevy Chase, MD 1 368
White, Thomas W Annapolis, MD 13 1328
Wong, Wylie Silver Spring, MD 1 368

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