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20140123175 | SESSION BASED ADVERTISING - A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide the ability to select and display advertisements. A media content viewing session is commenced. During the session, media content is displayed on a display/media content viewing device (e.g., a television or monitor). A set of advertisements are maintained in an advertisement selection receiver. During the session, the advertisement selection receiver determines, selects, and displays advertisements from the set of advertisements. | 05-01-2014 |
20140143046 | ADVERTISEMENT PACKAGER - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to select and display advertisements. A request for advertisements is issued to an advertisement server. An advertisement package comprised of a set of advertisements is received from the advertisement server. The set of advertisements from the advertisement package are loaded. Advertisements in the set of advertisements are delivered for display by display devices. The advertisements that are displayed are tracked in a log that is uploaded to the advertisement server. | 05-22-2014 |
20160048272 | CONTENT ENHANCER - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to enhance linear video content. Linear video content is received. A request to enhance the linear video content is received. Based on the request, a toolbar with options for enhanced content is rendered. One or more of the options are selected. Based on the selection, the enhanced content is invoked simultaneously with a rendering of the linear video content. | 02-18-2016 |
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20120088467 | PERSONAL SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A signaling system is provided for rendering an alarm for an individual in distress combined with a locating and tracking system to thus alert and direct appropriate personnel to the needs of the individual in distress and to monitor the location of that individual. The system comprises a portable signaling unit, a remote alarm switch device, a central dispatch station, and makes use of a wireless communication system. The portable signaling unit and the remote alarm switch may be adapted to be worn at different locations on the person's body. The remote alarm switch way be concealed in the form of a wristband or in the form of any other object such as a broach, pendant, or keychain. | 04-12-2012 |
20120157037 | PERSONAL SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A signaling system is provided for rendering an alarm for an individual in distress combined with a locating and tracking system to thus alert and direct appropriate personnel to the needs of the individual in distress and to monitor the location of that individual. The system comprises a portable signaling unit, a remote alarm switch device, a central dispatch station, and makes use of a wireless communication system. The portable signaling unit and the remote alarm switch may be adapted to be worn at different locations on the person's body. The remote alarm switch way be concealed in the form of a wristband or in the form of any other object such as a broach, pendant, or keychain. | 06-21-2012 |
20130307688 | PERSONAL SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A signaling system is provided for rendering an alarm for an individual in distress combined with a locating and tracking system to thus alert and direct appropriate personnel to the needs of the individual in distress and to monitor the location of that individual. The system comprises a portable signaling unit, a remote alarm switch device, a central dispatch station, and makes use of a wireless communication system. The portable signaling unit and the remote alarm switch may be adapted to be worn at different locations on the person's body. The remote alarm switch way be concealed in the form of a wristband or in the form of any other object such as a broach, pendant, or keychain. | 11-21-2013 |
20150206418 | Personal Security and Tracking System - A signaling system is provided for rendering an alarm for an individual in distress combined with a locating and tracking system to thus alert and direct appropriate personnel to the needs of the individual in distress and to monitor the location of that individual. The system comprises a portable signaling unit, a remote alarm switch device, a central dispatch station, and makes use of a wireless communication system. The portable signaling unit and the remote alarm switch may be adapted to be worn at different locations on the person's body. The remote alarm switch way be concealed in the form of a wristband or in the form of any other object such as a broach, pendant, or keychain. | 07-23-2015 |
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20140150003 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CALCULATE A PROBABILITY OF INDEX CONSISTENCY - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate a probability of index consistency. An example method disclosed herein includes selecting a first benchmark audience rating and a first brand user rating, calculating a first ratio of the first benchmark audience rating and a first benchmark audience effective sample size, calculating a second ratio of the first brand user rating and a brand user effective sample size, calculating a standard error based on the first and second ratios and an index based on the first benchmark audience rating and the first brand user rating, and calculating a first consistency value based on the standard error. | 05-29-2014 |
20140379421 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes calculating, with a processor, an exposure proportion for a category of interest based on visitor exposure minutes and total exposure minutes, calculating a tuning proportion for the category of interest based on household tuning minutes and total tuning minutes, calculating expected exposure minutes for the category of interest based on a product of the total exposure minutes and the exposure proportion, calculating expected tuning minutes for the category of interest based on a product of the total tuning minutes and the viewing proportion, and determining an average visitor parameter (AVP) based on a ratio of the expected exposure minutes and the expected tuning minutes. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380348 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a target set of household categories associated with a target research geography, when a quantity of households within the target research geography representing the target set of household categories does not satisfy a threshold value, generating a first subset of categories and a second subset of categories from the target set of household categories, identifying a first set of households representing the first subset of categories from the target set of household categories and identifying an associated total number of household tuning minutes and a total number of household exposure minutes associated therewith, for each category in the second subset of categories from the target set of household categories, calculating a household tuning proportion and an exposure proportion, the household tuning proportion and exposure proportion based on the total number of household tuning minutes and exposure minutes, respectively, and calculating the panelist behavior probability based on the exposure proportion and the household tuning proportion. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380349 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a household minute credited to a station in a household by a first media meter (MM) device, the first MM device collecting only audio data, determining whether a panelist audience meter device is crediting the station at the same time in the household, when the panelist audience meter device is crediting the same station, associating the household minute with an ambient tuning status, identifying a first automatic gain control (AGC) value and a first code status of the household minute, calculating model coefficients based on the ambient tuning status, the first AGC value and the first code status, and calculating a probability of ambient tuning based on the model coefficients. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380350 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a power status and a first automatic gain control (AGC) value for an exposure minute from a panelist audience meter in a first household, the panelist audience meter comprising a power sensor, identifying a second AGC value and a daypart for a household tuning minute from a first media meter (MM) in the first household, the MM comprising microphones to collect audio data, and calculating model coefficients based on the exposure minute and the household tuning minute to be applied to data from a second MM in a second household, the model coefficients to facilitate a power status probability calculation in the second household devoid of the panelist audience meter having the power sensor. | 12-25-2014 |
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20130198125 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MEASURE ONLINE AUDIENCES - Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described. An example method includes obtaining panelist data corresponding to a plurality of panelists accessing web pages at measured locations, classifying the panelist data according to demographic information of the panelists, generating a virtual panel based on an estimate of web page access at unmeasured locations, and classifying page view data associated with the unmeasured locations based on data corresponding to the virtual panel. | 08-01-2013 |
20160086208 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MEASURE ONLINE AUDIENCES - Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described. An example method includes assigning a first set of weights to each of a plurality of panelists based on a set of collected characteristics for each person of a subset of unmeasured persons at unmeasured locations, the subset of unmeasured persons being the unmeasured person for which the collected characteristics are known, selecting a subset of the panelists based on the first set of weights, each panelist of the subset of panelists selected to be representative of an unmeasured person of the unmeasured persons, re-weighting the subset of the panelists based on estimated characteristics of the unmeasured persons at the unmeasured locations to generate a second set of weights, generating a virtual panel including measurement data collected for the subset of the panelists as virtual panelists, the measurement data of the virtual panel representing the media consumption activity of the unmeasured persons at the unmeasured locations, and scaling the measurement data of the virtual panel collected from the subset of the panelists to estimate media consumption at the unmeasured locations. | 03-24-2016 |
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20080228543 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COMPUTE REACH AND FREQUENCY VALUES FOR FLIGHTED SCHEDULES - Methods and apparatus to compute reach and frequency values for flighted schedules are disclosed. An example method includes selecting two media components from a plurality of media components, and calculating a first flighted schedule campaign reach based on the two media components. The example method also includes repeating the selecting and calculating using the first flighted schedule campaign reach and a third media component from the plurality of media components to calculate a second flighted schedule campaign reach associated with the first, second, and third media components. | 09-18-2008 |
20080243573 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY AND REACH OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for crediting media exposure are disclosed. An example method includes deriving a plurality of travel paths traversed by respective ones of a plurality of respondents, determining, via a first technique, exposures of the respective ones of the plurality of respondents to a plurality of media sites based on the derived plurality of travel paths, and modifying the determined exposures to the plurality of media sites to improve a statistical accuracy of the modified determined exposures by constraining the determined exposures based on exposure information for the plurality of media sites obtained via a second technique different than the first technique. | 10-02-2008 |
20080300965 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MODEL SET-TOP BOX DATA - Methods and apparatus to model set-top box data are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first set of non-panelist behavior data and receiving a second set of panelist set-top box behavior data, the second set being associated with demographic data. The example method also includes identifying at least one behavior pattern common to the first and second sets of behavior data, and fusing data associated with the at least one behavior pattern from the first set with data associated with the at least one behavior pattern from the second set to impute at least one demographic characteristic from the second set to the first set and generate a quantity of household tuning minutes. | 12-04-2008 |
20090259436 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE BOARD EXPOSURE LEVELS - Methods and apparatus to determine board exposure levels are disclosed herein. In a disclosed example method, exposure levels associated with a plurality of media boards are obtained and a plurality of probability distributions indicative of probable exposure levels for the plurality of media boards are determined. The example method also involves selecting one of the plurality of probability distributions corresponding to an expected distribution and smoothing the selected probability distribution. Each of the plurality of media boards is then credited with a respective processed exposure level of the smoothed probability distribution. | 10-15-2009 |
20120254911 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO ESTIMATE LOCAL MARKET AUDIENCES OF MEDIA CONTENT - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content are disclosed herein. An example method disclosed herein includes weighting audience measurement data associated with a first geographic area based on population data associated with a second geographic area different from the first geographic area to form weighted data, determining a factor based on the audience measurement data and tuning data associated with the second geographic area, and processing the weighted data based on the factor to determine an audience exposure metric estimating exposure to media content in the second geographic area. | 10-04-2012 |
20140280891 | DETERMINING AUDIENCE REACH FOR INTERNET MEDIA - A disclosed example involves accessing an initial average unique web browser reach corresponding to a first duration, an initial average internet media impressions-per-user frequency corresponding to the first duration, an initial average unique web browser reach corresponding to a second duration, and an initial average internet media impressions-per-user frequency corresponding to the second duration. A probability model is used to determine an adjusted internet media audience reach corresponding to the first duration based on the initial average unique web browser reach corresponding to the first duration, the initial average internet media impressions-per-user frequency corresponding to the first duration, the initial average unique web browser reach corresponding to the second duration, and the initial average impressions-per-user frequency corresponding to the second duration. The adjusted internet media audience reach corresponding to the first duration has less audience duplication than the initial average unique web browser reach corresponding to the first duration. | 09-18-2014 |
20150095138 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE AUDIENCE DUPLICATION IN CROSS-MEDIA CAMPAIGNS - A disclosed example method to determine audience duplication in cross-media campaigns involves determining a first duplicated audience reach for a demographic group between a total television audience and an internet publisher audience. The total television audience is representative of audience members across a plurality of television networks. The internet publisher audience is representative of audience members of one of a plurality of internet publishers. The example method involves determining a second duplicated audience reach between the total television audience and the internet publisher audience for a media campaign based on the first duplicated audience reach. The example method involves determining a third duplicated audience reach between a television network audience and the internet publisher audience for the media campaign based on the second duplicated audience reach. The television network audience is representative of audience members exposed to the media campaign via one of the plurality of television networks. | 04-02-2015 |
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20130115521 | RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM ION CELL COMPONENTS AND ASSEMBLY - A magnesium battery electrode assembly is described, including a current collector comprising a metal, an overlayer material on the metal and an electrode layer comprising an electrode active material disposed on the current collector. The overlayer material passivates the metal, or inhibits a corrosion reaction that would occur between the metal and an electrolyte in the absence of the overlayer material. | 05-09-2013 |
20130252112 | HIGH VOLTAGE RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM BATTERIES HAVING A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE - A rechargable magnesium battery having an non-aqueous electrolyte is provided. The properties of the electrolyte include high conductivity, high Coulombic efficiency, and an electrochemical window that can exceed 3.5 V vs. Mg/Mg | 09-26-2013 |
20130252114 | HIGH VOLTAGE RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM CELLS HAVING A NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE - A electrochemical cell having an non-aqueous electrolyte is provided. The properties of the electrolyte include high conductivity, high Coulombic efficiency, and an electrochemical window that can exceed 3.5 V vs. Mg/Mg | 09-26-2013 |
20130260225 | LAYERED MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED MAGNESIUM INTERCALATION FOR RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM ION CELLS - Electrochemical devices which incorporate cathode materials that include layered crystalline compounds for which a structural modification has been achieved which increases the diffusion rate of multi-valent ions into and out of the cathode materials. Examples in which the layer spacing of the layered electrode materials is modified to have a specific spacing range such that the spacing is optimal for diffusion of magnesium ions are presented. An electrochemical cell comprised of a positive intercalation electrode, a negative metal electrode, and a separator impregnated with a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing multi-valent ions and arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode active material is described. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260238 | LAYERED MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED MAGNESIUM INTERCALATION FOR RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM ION CELLS - Electrochemical devices which incorporate cathode materials that include layered crystalline compounds for which a structural modification has been achieved which increases the diffusion rate of multi-valent ions into and out of the cathode materials. Examples in which the layer spacing of the layered electrode materials is modified to have a specific spacing range such that the spacing is optimal for diffusion of magnesium ions are presented. An electrochemical cell comprised of a positive intercalation electrode, a negative metal electrode, and a separator impregnated with a nonaqeuous electrolyte solution containing multi-valent ions and arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode active material is described. | 10-03-2013 |
20140099557 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM BATTERIES - An electrolyte for use in electrochemical cells is provided. The properties of the electrolyte include high conductivity, high Coulombic efficiency, and an electrochemical window that can exceed 3.5 V vs. Mg/Mg | 04-10-2014 |
20140106214 | LAYERED MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED MAGNESIUM INTERCALATION FOR RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM ION CELLS - Electrochemical devices which incorporate cathode materials that include layered crystalline compounds for which a structural modification has been achieved which increases the diffusion rate of multi-valent ions into and out of the cathode materials. Examples in which the layer spacing of the layered electrode materials is modified to have a specific spacing range such that the spacing is optimal for diffusion of magnesium ions are presented. An electrochemical cell comprised of a positive intercalation electrode, a negative metal electrode, and a separator impregnated with a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing multi-valent ions and arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode active material is described. | 04-17-2014 |
20140220450 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM ION CELL - An electrolyte for use in electrochemical cells is provided. One type of non-aqueous Magnesium electrolyte comprises: at least one organic solvent; at least one electrolytically active, soluble, inorganic Magnesium salt complex represented by the formula: Mg | 08-07-2014 |
20140302403 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM ION CELL - A non-aqueous Magnesium electrolyte comprising: (a) at least one organic solvent; (b) at least one electrolytically active, soluble, inorganic Magnesium (Mg) salt complex represented by the formula: Mg | 10-09-2014 |
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20160006081 | MULTI-ELECTRODE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A multi-electrode device that includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a gate electrode situated between the anode and cathode, and having an electrolyte. The multi-electrode device can be a secondary (rechargeable) electrochemical cell. The gate electrode is permeable to at least one mobile species which is redox-active at at least one of the anode and cathode. The gate electrode has a resistance that is lower than that of a conductive non-uniform morphological feature that could be grown on the anode. The gate electrode provides the ability to avoid, recognize, and remove the presence of such non-uniform morphological features, and provides an electrical electrode that can be used to remove such non-uniform morphological features. | 01-07-2016 |
20160126532 | MULTI-ELECTRODE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A multi-electrode device that includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a gate electrode situated between the anode and cathode, and having an electrolyte. The multi-electrode device can be a secondary (rechargeable) electrochemical cell. The gate electrode is permeable to at least one mobile species which is redox-active at at least one of the anode and cathode. The gate electrode has a resistance that is lower than that of a conductive non-uniform morphological feature that could be grown on the anode. The gate electrode provides the ability to avoid, recognize, and remove the presence of such non-uniform morphological features, and provides an electrical electrode that can be used to remove such non-uniform morphological features. | 05-05-2016 |