METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE ETHNOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS

• US 20090276235A1
• Filed: 05/01/2009
• Published: 11/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company LLC (MOOD Media Corporation)
• Original Assignee: The Nielsen Company LLC (MOOD Media Corporation)
• Inventors: Green, Mark Thomas, Makowska, Hala, Benezra, Karen
• Application Number:
  US12/434,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20090276235A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Example methods and apparatus to facilitate ethnographic measurements are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes transmitting a first survey question set to a wireless device associated with a respondent and receiving a response from the wireless device, the response indicative of a mood of the respondent, and transmitting a second survey question set to the respondent, the second survey question set based on the respondent mood.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method to survey respondents, comprising:

transmitting a first survey question set to a wireless device associated with a respondent;

receiving a response from the wireless device, the response indicative of a mood of the respondent; and

transmitting a second survey question set to the respondent, the second survey question set based on the respondent mood.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising building the first survey question set for the respondent based on a current parameter of the respondent.

3. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein the current parameter comprises a current location of the respondent.

8. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the respondent mood comprises at least one of happy, sad, angry, frustrated, confused, content, or pensive.

13. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising building the first survey question set based on an expected mood associated with the respondent.

14. A method as defined in claim 13, wherein the expected mood of the respondent is based on previously measured mood data associated with the respondent.

15. A method as defined in claim 14, wherein the previously measured mood data is associated with at least one of a day of week, an hour of day, or a season of year.

16. A method as defined in claim 14, wherein the previously measured mood data comprises an average respondent mood for at least one of a day, an hour, or a season of year.

20. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising receiving the response indicative of an activity of the respondent.

21. A method as defined in claim 20, further comprising transmitting the second survey question based on the respondent activity.

24. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein receiving the response from the wireless device further comprises receiving quantitative data associated with the respondent.

26. A method as defined in claim 24, further comprising context coding the response indicative of the respondent mood.

27. A method as defined in claim 26, further comprising verifying the context coded responses with an empirical indicator.

28. A method as defined in claim 27, wherein the empirical indicator comprises panelist data.

29. A method as defined in claim 26, further comprising projecting respondent behaviors based on the context coded responses indicative of mood.

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30. A computer implemented method to survey respondents, comprising:

transmitting a first survey question set for a respondent on a wireless device associated with the respondent;

receiving a respondent response to the first survey question set via the wireless device, the respondent response to the first survey question set indicative of a current mood of the respondent;

receiving a second survey question set for the respondent based on the respondent response indicative of the current mood of the respondent; and

transmitting a respondent response to the second survey question set.

31. A method as defined in claim 30, wherein the second survey question set is tailored based on the current mood and an expected mood of the respondent.

32. A method as defined in claim 30, wherein the second survey question set is tailored based on the current mood and a profile of the respondent.

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35. An apparatus to survey respondents, comprising:

a central diary manager communicatively connected to a wireless device associated with a respondent;

a central survey library to store a plurality of candidate survey questions for the respondent;

a respondent library to store respondent characteristics;

a communication interface to transmit a first survey question to the wireless device associated with the respondent, and to receive a first response based on the first survey question, the first response indicative of a mood of the respondent; and

a central message generator to generate a second survey question from the plurality of candidate survey questions based on the mood of the respondent.

36. An apparatus as defined in claim 35, further comprising an external data manager to identify a plurality of environmental conditions associated with the respondent.

39. An apparatus as defined in claim 36, wherein the message generator tailors at least one of the first or the second survey question based on the mood of the respondent and the plurality of environmental conditions associated with the respondent.

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