Patents by Inventor Robert L. Shrier

Robert L. Shrier 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).

  • Storing data relating to television viewing
    Patent number: 4642685
    Abstract: In an apparatus comprising a combination of transmission means and storage means, the transmission means comprises (a) means for accepting data from people monitoring means which produces information relating to the number of people watching a television set and/or television channel detection means of a television viewing monitoring system; and (b) means for transmitting such data to the storage means, the storage means comprising a semiconductor data module (110) which is removable from the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: AGB Research
    Inventors: Lyn M. Roberts, Robert L. Shrier, Raymond Laxton
  • Apparatus for storing data relating to television viewing
    Patent number: 4578700
    Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed which stores data received from a people monitoring unit which produces information relating to the number of people watching a television set and/or from a television channel detection unit of a television monitoring system. The arrangement transmits such data to a remote computer by means of a telephone line (87) of a public telephone network upon interrogation by the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1986
    Assignee: AGB Research PLC
    Inventors: Lyn M. Roberts, Robert L. Shrier, Raymond Laxton