Patents by Inventor Eric Barone

Eric Barone has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11863831
    Abstract: Remote control devices to interface with audience measurement meters are disclosed. An example remote control device to interface with an audience measurement meter includes an audience management controller to, responsive to a gender value input via a user interface of the remote control device, store the gender value, responsive to an age value input via the user interface of the remote control device, store the age value, generate a message including the gender value and age value, and a transmitter to transmit the message to the audience measurement meter, the message including a sequence of infrared codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Eric Barone, Joseph Wyatt Brewer, Matjaz Finc, Robert Byrne
  • Publication number: 20220368990
    Abstract: Remote control devices to interface with audience measurement meters are disclosed. An example remote control device to interface with an audience measurement meter includes an audience management controller to, responsive to a gender value input via a user interface of the remote control device, store the gender value, responsive to an age value input via the user interface of the remote control device, store the age value, generate a message including the gender value and age value, and a transmitter to transmit the message to the audience measurement meter, the message including a sequence of infrared codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Barone, Joseph Wyatt Brewer, Matjaz Finc, Robert Byrne
  • Patent number: 11368759
    Abstract: Remote control devices to interface with audience measurement meters are disclosed. An example remote control device to interface with an audience measurement meter includes an audience management controller to, responsive to a gender value input via a user interface of the remote control device, store the gender value, responsive to an age value input via the user interface of the remote control device, store the age value, generate a message including the gender value and age value, and a transmitter to transmit the message to the audience measurement meter, the message including a sequence of infrared codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Eric Barone, Joseph Wyatt Brewer, Matjaz Finc, Robert Byrne
  • Publication number: 20200228869
    Abstract: Remote control devices to interface with audience measurement meters are disclosed. An example remote control device to interface with an audience measurement meter includes an audience management controller to, responsive to a gender value input via a user interface of the remote control device, store the gender value, responsive to an age value input via the user interface of the remote control device, store the age value, generate a message including the gender value and age value, and a transmitter to transmit the message to the audience measurement meter, the message including a sequence of infrared codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Barone, Joseph Wyatt Brewer, Matjaz Finc, Robert Byrne