Passive Demographic Measurement Apparatus

• US 20120019643A1
• Filed: 07/26/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Atlas Advisory Partners, LLC
• Original Assignee: Atlas Advisory Partners, LLC
• Inventors: Gideon, Richard E., Jannone, Marie
• Application Number:
  US13/190,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20120019643A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2407 Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4508 Management of client data or end-user data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/643 Communication protocols network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP], H04L65/65
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

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.

Claims

1. A passive demographic measurement apparatus, comprising:

a communication interface for communicatively coupling to at least one sensor;

a network interface for connecting to at least one remote device via a network;

a profile information storage for storing profile information of individuals sensed by the at least one sensor;

a sensed data storage for storing the sensed data;

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;

a processor for processing raw and analyzed data for sending to a remote device and/or for sending at least one message to another device responsive to received sensed data.

2. A passive demographic measurement system, comprising:

at least one Microsoft Kinect®

sensor;

a local device communicatively coupled to the Kinect sensor, the local device comprising;

a communication interface for communicatively coupling to the at least one Kinect sensor;

a network interface for connecting to at least one remote device via a network;

a profile information storage for storing profile information of individuals sensed by the at least one Kinect sensor;

a sensed data storage for storing the sensed data;

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;

a processor for processing raw and analyzed data for sending to a remote device and/or for sending at least one message to another device responsive to received sensed data; and

at least one remote device communicatively coupled to the local device via a network.

3. A method of collecting and using sensed data produced by at least one Microsoft Kinect®

sensor, comprising;

communicatively coupling the at least one Kinect sensor to a local device;

storing profile information of at least one individual;

sensing by the Kinect sensor characteristics of the at least one individual;

determining whether the sensed individual can be identified using stored profile information;

communicating sensed information to a remote device; and

aggregating and analyzing the sensed information.

4. A method of collecting and using sensed data produced by at least one Microsoft Kinect®

sensor, comprising;

communicatively coupling the at least one Kinect sensor to a local device;

sensing by the Kinect sensor characteristics of at least one individual;

determining whether the sensed individual can be identified using stored profile information; and

responsive to the determining, sending at least one of a control message and an alert message to a remote device.