Charles R Conklin

US Patent:

8065697, Nov 22, 2011

Filed:

Aug 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/465260

Inventors:

David Howell Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US
Joseph Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US
Morris Lee - Palm Harbor FL, US
William A. Feininger - Palm Harbor FL, US
Charles Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Vasiliki Koutsopanagos - Palm Harbor FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04N 60/33

US Classification:

725 9, 725 10, 725115

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises displaying a previously recorded program on a display, determining a possible original broadcast time corresponding to the previously recorded program, determining program identifying information corresponding to the previously recorded program, and processing the possible original broadcast time information and the program identifying information to compare the previously recorded program with a known broadcast program.

US Patent:

8181848, May 22, 2012

Filed:

Sep 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

12/064565

Inventors:

Wayne Asa Olmsted - Trinity FL, US
Charles Clinton Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Michael Alan Hicks - Clearwater FL, US
Robert A. Luff - New York NY, US

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

235375, 235492, 705 729

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for metering printed media are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus comprises a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to adhere to a first leaflet of a printed media at a first location; a second RFID tag to adhere to a second leaflet of the printed media at a second location of the second leaflet, the first and second locations being substantially a same location; and a first RFID absorber to adhere to a third leaflet of the printed media such that, when the printed media is positioned to expose the first and the third leaflets, the second RFID tag is inactive, and such that, when the printed media is positioned to expose the second and the third leaflets, the first RFID tag is inactive.

US Patent:

8204353, Jun 19, 2012

Filed:

May 26, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/138576

Inventors:

Charles Clinton Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04N 5/765
H04N 5/93

US Classification:

386200, 386353

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for tracking a sequence of events associated with a digital recording device are disclosed. Example methods and apparatus read first information transmitted on a data bus in communication with a mass storage device associated with the digital recording device and identify a set of digital information to be stored on the mass storage device based at least in part on the first information. The example methods and apparatus read second information transmitted on the data bus to derive storage location information associated with the set of digital information. Additionally, the example methods and apparatus store time information together with the storage location information to generate a sequence of events record corresponding to the sequence of events associated with the digital recording device.

US Patent:

8327396, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Dec 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/957082

Inventors:

Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Charles C. Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Wayne A. Olmsted - Trinity FL, US
Karin Johnson - Palm Harbor FL, US
Fred Martensen - Tampa FL, US
Daniel Nelson - Tampa FL, US
Alexander Topchy - New Port Richey FL, US
Paul M. Mears - Safety Harbor FL, US

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04H 60/32

US Classification:

725 19, 725 14

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring a rate of data transfer to/from the monitored location and comparing the acquired rate of data transfer to a threshold. The example method also includes setting at least one media monitoring device in a first bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer exceeds the threshold, and setting the at least one media monitoring device in a second bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer is below the threshold.

US Patent:

8505042, Aug 6, 2013

Filed:

Dec 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/618442

Inventors:

Charles C. Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Christen V. Nielsen - Palm Harbor FL, US
Joseph G. Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04H 60/32

US Classification:

725 14, 725 18, 725 20

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for identifying viewing information associated with a digital media device are disclosed. In an example method, data conveyed via a data bus communicatively coupled to a processor and a data storage device associated with the digital media device is monitored. Event information associated with the digital media device is extracted from the data and the viewing information is identified based on the event information.

US Patent:

20080253748, Oct 16, 2008

Filed:

Jun 24, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/144915

Inventors:

Charles Clinton Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/76

US Classification:

386124, 386E05001

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for tracking a sequence of events associated with a digital recording device are disclosed. An example method involves monitoring data conveyed via a data bus communicatively coupled to a processor and a data storage device associated with the digital media device. The example method also involves identifying event information associated with the digital media device based on the data and identifying the viewing information based on the event information.

US Patent:

20080263579, Oct 23, 2008

Filed:

Apr 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/106040

Inventors:

Paul M. Mears - Safety Harbor FL, US
Robert A. Luff - Wittman MD, US
Robert Joel Stokes - Palm Harbor FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Charles Clinton Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US
Seth Alan Pelletier - New Port Richey FL, US
Perry Joseph Fisch - Palm Harbor FL, US

International Classification:

H04H 60/33

US Classification:

725 9

Abstract:

Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect metering information associated with media presented by portable and computer media presentation devices are disclosed. A disclosed example method accesses a first data structure including metering information generated by at least one of first media presentation software executed by a personal computer or second media presentation software executed by a portable media presentation device. The metering information is associated with media presented by at least one of the first or second media presentation software. At least some of the metering information is then extracted from the first data structure and stored in a second data structure. The at least some of the metering information is then communicated from the second data structure to a data collection facility.

US Patent:

20100079597, Apr 1, 2010

Filed:

Sep 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/240683

Inventors:

Robert Joel Stokes - Palm Harbor FL, US
James J. Vitt - Palm Harbor FL, US
Charles Clinton Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US

International Classification:

H04N 17/00

US Classification:

348184

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for identifying the operating state of an audio-video (AV) device are described. Example methods and apparatus include monitoring messages transmitted via a data bus in a first AV device, wherein the data bus is communicatively coupled to a processor and an AV network controller of the first AV device, and wherein the AV network controller is further communicatively coupled to a second AV device external to the first AV device. The example method also involves extracting messages associated with an operation of the second AV device from the monitored messages, analyzing the extracted messages for data associated with an operating state of the second AV device, and sending a command to the AV network controller to request data missing from the extracted messages and associated with the operating state of the second AV device. Additionally, the example methods and apparatus include identifying the operating state of the second AV device by analyzing the extracted messages and a response from the second AV device associated with the command.