Methods and apparatus to enforce a power off state of an audience measurement device during shipping
AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorsChristen V. Nielsen, Larry D. Patterson
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to enforce a power off state of an audience measurement device during shipping of the device are disclosed herein. An example portable audience measurement device includes a housing, a media detector in the housing to collect media exposure data and a packaging sensor to detect a stimulus generated within the package. A packaging detector compares the detected stimulus to a criterion to determine whether the device is located within the package.
Claims25
An audience measurement device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a media detector in the housing to collect media exposure data;
- a packaging sensor to detect a stimulus generated within a package;
- a packaging detector to compare the detected stimulus to a criterion to determine whether the device is located within the package.
An audience measurement device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a media detector in the housing to collect media exposure data;
- and
- a packaging sensor to receive a physical stimulus generated within a package,
- wherein the packaging sensor causes the device to at least partially power down when the device is located within the package.
A method of enforcing a power down state in an audience measurement device during shipping of the device, comprising:
- generating a stimulus within a shipping container;
- detecting the stimulus with the audience measurement device;
- comparing the detected stimulus to a criterion to determine whether the device is located within the shipping container;
- and
- powering off at least a portion of the audience measurement device if the device is located within the shipping container.
A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a machine to:
- detecting a stimulus with an audience measurement device, wherein the stimulus is generated within a shipping container;
- compare the detected stimulus to a criterion to determine whether the device is located within the shipping container;
- and
- power off at least a portion of the audience measurement device if the device is located within the shipping container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.