Patents by Inventor Stanley F. Seagran

Stanley F. Seagran 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 for using audience member behavior information to determine compliance with audience measurement system usage requirements
    Patent number: 8650586
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture determine compliance with usage guidelines of an audience measurement system. Initially, location information associated with an audience member is obtained. It is then determined whether the audience member is in compliance with the usage guidelines based on the location information. Media monitoring information corresponding to the location information is then tagged as non-compliant if the audience member is not in compliance with the usage guidelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Morris Lee, Paul M. Mears, Robert A. Luff, Arun Ramaswamy, Stanley F. Seagran, Weston P. Headley