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Method and a system for acquiring and transmitting information about TV program audiences

US5155762A · kind A · utility

42Cited by
11References
4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 17, 1990
Grant dateOct 13, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 17, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H60/94
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to acquiring information about television program audiences and transmitting it in real time by means of detection apparatuses (10) associated with telephone sets (12) and connected via the switched telephone network (12) and the TRANSPAC network (28) to a central unit for collecting and processing the information transmitted in real time by the apparatuses (10).

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