Passive demographic measurement apparatus
AssigneeAtlas Advisory Partners, LLC
InventorsRichard E. Gideon, Marie Jannone
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Abstract
A passive demographic measurement apparatus, comprising an interface for coupling to a Microsoft Kinect®-type sensor, a network interface for sending information to remote device via a network, storage for storing information characteristic of sensed individuals and information sensed by the Kinect sensor, a clock for providing the time and duration of the sensed information, a messaging instruction storage storing instructions for use by the local device in sending data and messages to remote devices, an analysis engine for analyzing at least a portion of the sensed data, and a processor for processing raw and analyzed data for sending to a remote device and/or for sending a message to another device responsive to received sensed data.
Claims24
1-4. (canceled)
A passive demographic measurement apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one sensor;
- a network interface configured to provide communication with one or more remote devices via a network;
- data storage configured to store at least one of profile information, sensed data, age, gender, messaging instructions, and control instructions;
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- a processor configured to combine sensor data from the at least one sensor with viewing measurements indicative of program content and to send combined data to the one or more remote devices via the network interface.
A method of collecting and using sensed data, comprising:
- receiving data from a sensor;
- identifying an individual by comparing the data received from the sensor with stored profile information;
- combining the data received from the sensor with viewing measurements indicative of program content from an additional source;
- and
- sending the combined data to a remote device via a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.