Patents by Inventor Kendall Shirilla

Kendall Shirilla 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles
    Patent number: 8549552
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles are disclosed. An example implementation includes collecting audience measurement data with a media monitoring device fixed in a vehicle and transmitting the audience measurement data from the media monitoring device to a shuttle located within the vehicle, the shuttle being incapable of collecting audience measurement data independent of the media monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Arun Ramaswamy, Fred Martensen, Robert A. Luff, Kendall Shirilla
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR MEDIA EXPOSURE IN VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20110103595
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles are disclosed. An example implementation includes collecting audience measurement data with a media monitoring device fixed in a vehicle and transmitting the audience measurement data from the media monitoring device to a shuttle located within the vehicle, the shuttle being incapable of collecting audience measurement data independent of the media monitoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Arun Ramaswamy, Fred Martensen, Robert A. Luff, Kendall Shirilla
  • Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles
    Patent number: RE45786
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles are disclosed. An example implementation includes collecting audience measurement data with a media monitoring device fixed in a vehicle and transmitting the audience measurement data from the media monitoring device to a shuttle located within the vehicle, the shuttle being incapable of collecting audience measurement data independent of the media monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Arun Ramaswamy, Fred Martensen, Robert A Luff, Kendall Shirilla
  • Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles
    Patent number: RE46329
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media exposure in vehicles are disclosed. An example implementation includes collecting audience measurement data with a media monitoring device fixed in a vehicle and transmitting the audience measurement data from the media monitoring device to a shuttle located within the vehicle, the shuttle being incapable of collecting audience measurement data independent of the media monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Arun Ramaswamy, Fred Martensen, Robert A. Luff, Kendall Shirilla