METHOD FOR MONITORING AN AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT RELATING TO DATA BROADCAST TO A TERMINAL, AND CORRESPONDING TERMINAL TOKEN AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring an audience measurement relating to data, the data being broadcast, through a broadcast channel, from a broadcast device and to be received by at least one terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- the broadcast device broadcasts, through the broadcast channel, at least one piece of information relating to an audience report request for measuring an audience of at least one content of the data; and
at least one terminal sends back, through a return channel, to an audience report collecting device, as a response to the audience report request, an audience report relating to the at least one content of the broadcast data processed by the at least one terminal.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for monitoring an audience measurement relating to data. The data is broadcast, through a broadcast channel, from a broadcast device and to be received by at least one terminal. According to the invention, the method comprises steps in which the broadcast device broadcasts, through the broadcast channel, at least one piece of information relating to a request for measuring an audience of at least one content of the data, said audience report request; and at least one terminal sends back, through a return channel, to an audience report collecting device, as a response to the audience report request, an audience report relating to the at least one content of the broadcast data processed by the at least one terminal, said audience report response. The invention relates also to corresponding terminal and system comprising the broadcast device and the terminal, and a corresponding token likely to cooperate with a terminal.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring an audience measurement relating to data, the data being broadcast, through a broadcast channel, from a broadcast device and to be received by at least one terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
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the broadcast device broadcasts, through the broadcast channel, at least one piece of information relating to an audience report request for measuring an audience of at least one content of the data; and at least one terminal sends back, through a return channel, to an audience report collecting device, as a response to the audience report request, an audience report relating to the at least one content of the broadcast data processed by the at least one terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A terminal for monitoring an audience measurement relating to data, the data being broadcast, through a broadcast channel, from outside and to be received by the terminal, wherein the terminal is adapted to:
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receive, through the broadcast channel, at least one piece of information relating to an audience report request for measuring an audience of at least one content of the data; and send back, through a return channel, to outside, as a response to the audience report request, an audience report relating to the at least one content of the broadcast data processed by the terminal.
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9. A token for monitoring an audience measurement relating to data, the token being intended to cooperate with a terminal, the data being broadcast, through a broadcast channel, from outside and to be received by the terminal, wherein the token is adapted to:
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receive, from outside, at least one piece of information relating to an audience report request for measuring an audience of at least one content of the data; and send back to outside, as a response to the audience report request, an audience report relating to the at least one content of the broadcast data processed by the terminal.
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10. A system for monitoring an audience measurement relating to data, the system comprising at least one broadcast device and at least one terminal, the broadcast device broadcasting, through a broadcast channel, data to be received by at least one terminal, wherein the broadcast device is adapted to broadcast, through the broadcast channel, at least one piece of information relating to an audience report request for measuring an audience of at least one content of the data;
- wherein the at least one terminal is adapted to send back, through a return channel, to an audience report collecting device, as a response to the audience report request, an audience report relating to the at least one content of the broadcast data processed by the at least one terminal; and
wherein the system comprises the audience report collecting device, the audience report collecting device being adapted to collect at least one audience report response originating from at least one terminal.
- wherein the at least one terminal is adapted to send back, through a return channel, to an audience report collecting device, as a response to the audience report request, an audience report relating to the at least one content of the broadcast data processed by the at least one terminal; and
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