CPC G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. An apparatus to transmit data from an audience measurement device, the apparatus comprising:
interface circuitry;
instructions in the apparatus; and
one or more processors to execute the instructions to at least:
determine, using a hierarchical state machine, whether a layer in a hierarchical structure of a message indicates that the message was generated in response to a command received from a configuration device; and
in response to determining that the layer in the hierarchical structure of the message indicates that the message was generated in response to the command:
segment the message to be transmitted to the configuration device into a first message segment and a second message segment;
cause storage of the first message segment in a first characteristic memory;
cause transmission of a first advertisement to the configuration device when the first message segment is stored in the first characteristic memory;
after the first message segment has been gathered by the configuration device, cause storage of the second message segment in the first characteristic memory; and
cause transmission of a second advertisement to the configuration device when the second message segment is stored in the first characteristic memory, at least one of the first advertisement or the second advertisement to identify at least one of the first characteristic memory or a second characteristic memory.
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