Methods and apparatus for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system
CA 2581982 C · Owner: Nelson, Dan · Inventors: Headley, Weston P.; Lee, Morris; Nelson, Dan
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Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system are disclosed. In particular, the example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture detect , spillover to generate media monitoring information. Initially a first sensor , located in a first location and a second sensor located in a second location receive a portable metering device signal. First location information is then associated with receiving the portable metering device signal via the first sensor and second location information is associated with receiving the portable metering device signal via the second sensor. Media monitoring …
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- Filed September 27, 2005 and granted June 18, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 27, 2025.
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