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Estimating demographic compositions of television audiences

US8984547B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2011
Grant dateMar 17, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/25883
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for estimating demographic compositions of television audiences. In an aspect, audience demographics are estimated from viewing device log records and household demographic data describing demographic segments to which members of the households belong.

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