Methods and apparatus to create opportunistic network of iot collaboration agents to collect data from mobile devices

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a first media monitoring device to at least:

• transmit, from the first media monitoring device, a request to a second device for resource information, the resource information including processing power and available memory of the second device;
• determine, at the first media monitoring device, a first portion of media monitoring data assigned to the first media monitoring device and a second portion of the media monitoring data assigned to a second device according to a monitoring data allocation, the monitoring data allocation based on the media monitoring data and the resource information, the media monitoring data including data corresponding to media accessed by a user associated with the first media monitoring device;
• transmit, from the first media monitoring device, the second portion to the second device to be processed and transmitted to a collection server;
• process the first portion at the first media monitoring device;
• and
• transmit the processed first portion to the collection server to be combined with the processed second portion.

A system comprising:

• a first media monitoring device to
• determine a first portion of media monitoring data and a second portion of the media monitoring data according to a monitoring data allocation, the monitoring data allocation determined based on the media monitoring data and resource information, the media monitoring data including data corresponding to media accessed by a user associated with the first media monitoring device;
• process the first portion of media monitoring data;
• and
• transmit the processed first portion of media monitoring data;
• a second device to
• transmit the resource information to the first media monitoring device, the resource information including processing power and available memory of the second device;
• process the second portion of the media monitoring data assigned by the first media monitoring device;
• and
• transmit the processed second portion;
• and
• a collection server to combine the processed first portion transmitted by the first media monitoring device and the processed second portion transmitted by the second device.