Methods and apparatus to identify user presence to a meter
AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorDavid Watts
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify user presence to a meter. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions, and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions to at least: obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that user is present at the apparatus; verify the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus; cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus; and store the presence information in memory.
Claims24
An apparatus to identify user presence, the apparatus comprising:
- memory;
- instructions;
- and
- at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions to cause the hardware processor to at least:
- obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that a user is present at the apparatus;
- verify the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus;
- cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus;
- store the presence information in the memory;
- detect a change in presented media;
- and
- cause, in response to a determination that the change in presented media was unforeseeable, the configuration device to determine new presence information.
A method to identify user presence, the method comprising:
- obtaining presence information from a configuration device, the presence information indicating that a user is present at a meter, the configuration device separate from the meter;
- verifying the presence information matches user information;
- causing a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the meter;
- storing the presence information;
- detecting a change in presented media;
- and
- causing, in response to a determination that the change in presented media was unforeseeable, the configuration device to determine new presence information.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor in a meter to at least:
- obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the meter, the presence information indicating that a user is present at the meter;
- verify the presence information matches user information stored in a memory of the meter;
- cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the meter;
- store the presence information in the memory of the meter;
- detect a change in presented media;
- and
- cause, in response to a determination that the change in presented media was unforeseeable, the configuration device to determine new presence information.
An apparatus to identify user presence, the apparatus comprising:
- means for communicating to obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that a user is present at the apparatus;
- means for verifying the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus, the means for communicating to cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus;
- and
- means for monitoring to:
- store the presence information in the memory;
- detect a change in presented media;
- and
- cause, in response to a determination that the change in presented media was unforeseeable, the configuration device to determine new presence information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.