Compliance incentives for audience monitoring/recording devices

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising:

• means for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• and
• indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion, the indication representing cumulative usage of the device by the audience member computed for a daily period.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising:

• means for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• and
• indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion, the indication representing a reward awarded to the audience member.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising:

• means for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• the device including the means for providing a sense signal and the means for providing a time signal, the system further comprising:
• compliance signal means for providing a compliance signal indicating whether the audience member has used the device in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal;
• indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion;
• and
• means for transmitting the sense signal and the corresponding time signal from the device for provision to the compliance signal means.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising:

• means included in the device for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means included in the device for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• compliance signal means for providing a compliance signal indicating whether the audience member has used the device in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal;
• means for transmitting the sense signal and the corresponding time signal from the device for provision to the compliance signal means;
• a data transfer system for coupling with the device to receive the signals transmitted by the means for transmitting;
• and
• indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising:

• means included in the device for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means included in the device for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• compliance signal means located at a centralized data processing facility for providing a compliance signal indicating whether the audience member has used the device in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal, said compliance signal means being operative to receive sense and corresponding time signals from a plurality of monitoring and/or recording devices;
• means for transmitting the sense signal and the corresponding time signal from the device for provision to the compliance signal means;
• and
• indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising:

• means for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• and
• a visual display for providing a visual indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to receive a broadcast audio signal having an identification signal in encoded form therein, decode the encoded identification signal and store the decoded identification signal with a corresponding time signal, comprising:

• means for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• and
• indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion.

A method for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• storing the sense signal and the corresponding time signal in the device;
• and
• providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion.

A method for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• and
• providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion, the indication representing a reward awarded to the audience member.

A method for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to receive a broadcast audio signal having an identification signal in encoded form therein, decode the encoded identification signal and store the decoded identification signal with a corresponding time signal, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• and
• providing an indication to the audience member based on the sense signal and corresponding time signal of whether the audience member's usage of the device has been in accordance with the predetermined usage criterion.

A system for promoting usage by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to acquire and/or store broadcast exposure data and to couple with a data transfer system under the control of the audience member to provide data to the data transfer system from the device, comprising:

• sensing means for providing a sense signal in response to coupling of the device with the data transfer system;
• means for providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• compliance signal means for providing a compliance signal indicating whether the device was coupled with the data transfer system within a predetermined coupling time frame based on the sense signal and the corresponding time signal;
• and
• coupling indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the compliance signal of whether the audience member has coupled the device with the data transfer system within the predetermined coupling time frame.

A system for promoting usage by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to receive a broadcast audio signal having an identification signal in encoded form therein, decode the encoded identification signal, store the decoded identification signal with a corresponding time signal, and couple with a data transfer system under the control of the audience member to provide the decoded identification signal and corresponding time signal to the data transfer system from the device, comprising:

• sensing means for providing a sense signal in response to coupling of the device with the data transfer system;
• means for providing a sense time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• compliance signal means for providing a compliance signal indicating whether the device was coupled with the data transfer system within a predetermined coupling time frame based on the sense signal and the corresponding sense time signal;
• and
• coupling indication means for providing an indication to the audience member based on the compliance signal of whether the audience member has coupled the device with the data transfer system within the predetermined coupling time frame.

A method for promoting usage by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to acquire and/or store broadcast exposure data and to couple with a data transfer system under the control of the audience member to provide data to the data transfer system from the device, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sense signal in response to coupling of the device with the data transfer system;
• providing a time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• providing a compliance signal indicating whether the device was coupled with the data transfer system within a predetermined coupling time frame based on the sense signal and corresponding time signal;
• and
• providing an indication to the audience member based on the compliance signal of whether the audience member has coupled the device with the data transfer system within the predetermined coupling time frame.

A method for promoting usage by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to receive a broadcast audio signal having an identification signal in encoded form therein, decode the encoded identification signal, store the decoded identification signal with a corresponding time signal, and couple with a data transfer system under the control of the audience member to provide the decoded identification signal and corresponding time signal to the data transfer system from the device, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sense signal in response to coupling of the device with the data transfer system;
• providing a sense time signal corresponding with the sense signal;
• providing a compliance signal indicating whether the device was coupled with the data transfer system within a predetermined coupling time frame based on the sense signal and corresponding sense time signal;
• providing an indication to the audience member based on the compliance signal of whether the audience member has coupled the device with the data transfer system within the predetermined coupling time frame.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising:

• means for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means for providing an operational state signal from time to time, the operational state signal indicating whether said device is in an operating state for monitoring broadcast exposure;
• and
• means for providing a plurality of indications to the audience member, each of the plurality of indications being provided at a different respective time, each of the plurality of indications indicating that the device is in the operating state based on the operational state signal and the sense signal.

A system for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to receive a broadcast audio signal having an identification signal in encoded form therein, decode the encoded identification signal and store the decoded identification signal with a corresponding time signal, comprising:

• means for providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• means for providing an operational state signal from time to time, the operational state signal indicating whether said device is in an operating state for monitoring broadcast exposure;
• and
• means for providing a plurality of indications to the audience member, each of the plurality of indications being provided at a different respective time, each of the plurality of indications indicating that the device is in the operating state based on the operational state signal and the sense signal.

A method for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and/or recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• providing an operational state signal from time to time, the operational state signal indicating whether said device is in an operating state for monitoring broadcast exposure;
• and
• providing a plurality of indications to the audience member, each of the plurality of indications being provided at a different respective time, each of the plurality of indications indicating that the device is in the operating state based on the operational state signal and the sense signal.

A method for promoting use by an audience member of a portable broadcast exposure monitoring and recording device in accordance with a predetermined usage criterion, the device being operative to receive a broadcast audio signal having an identification signal in encoded form therein, decode the encoded identification signal and store the decoded identification signal with a corresponding time signal, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sense signal indicating whether the device is being carried with the person of the audience member;
• providing an operational state signal from time to time, the operational state signal indicating whether said device is in an operating state for monitoring broadcast exposure;
• and
• providing a plurality of indications to the audience member, each of the plurality of indications being provided at a different respective time, each of the plurality of indications indicating that the device is in the operating state based on the operational state signal and the sense signal.