US 12,073,434 B2
Methods and apparatus for wireless communication with an audience measurement device
Stephen Jess Bodzo, Tampa, FL (US); Marko Panger, Plavje (SI); and Timothy Scott Cooper, Oldsmar, FL (US)
Assigned to The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,392.
Application 18/472,392 is a continuation of application No. 18/331,442, filed on Jun. 8, 2023, granted, now 11,798,030, issued on Oct. 5, 2023.
Application 18/331,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/397,769, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,704,695, issued on Jul. 18, 2023.
Application 17/397,769 is a continuation of application No. 15/192,683, filed on Jun. 24, 2016, granted, now 11,087,358, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086967 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audience measurement meter comprising:
a wireless interface;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a set of acts comprising:
querying a memory location in a data store of the audience measurement meter to determine a device name of the audience measurement meter;
constructing an advertisement data structure that includes the device name;
advertising, via the wireless interface, a presence of the audience measurement meter in a panelist household using a short-range wireless protocol, wherein advertising the presence of the audience measurement meter comprises advertising a connection to the audience measurement meter using the advertisement data structure,
establishing a wireless connection with a mobile device using the short-range wireless protocol, the mobile device including an application, wherein establishing the wireless connection comprises pairing the audience measurement meter with the mobile device,
receiving, from the mobile device via the wireless connection, configuration information, the configuration information provided via the application,
connecting to a wireless network using the configuration information,
obtaining media identifying information for media presented in the panelist household, and
causing transmission of the media identifying information to a server via the wireless network.