Satellite positioning system enabled media measurement system and method
DCFirst Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of determining the effectiveness of media displays, the method comprising:
- (a) storing geo data in a plurality of respondent monitoring devices as said plurality of respondent monitoring devices move along respective paths of travel, at least a portion of said geo data derived from a satellite positioning system (“
SPS”
), said stored geo data representing the movement of said plurality of respondent monitoring devices along said respective paths of travel; and
(b) downloading said geo data stored in said plurality of respondent monitoring devices to a post processing server for;
(i) matching the locations of a plurality of media displays to positions on said respective paths of travel of said plurality of respondent monitoring devices represented by said geo data; and
(ii) rating the effectiveness of said plurality of media displays based on said matches between said plurality of media display locations and said positions on said respective paths of travel of said plurality of respondent monitoring devices represented by said geo data.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to utilizing monitoring devices (200) for determining the effectiveness of various locations, such as media display locations (150) for an intended purpose (media display exposure). The monitoring devices (200) are distributed to a number of study respondents. The monitoring devices (200) track the movements of the respondents. While various technologies may be used to track the movements of the respondents, at least some of the location tracking of the monitoring device (200) utilize a satellite (105) location system such as the global positioning system (“GPS”). These movements of the respondent and monitoring device (200) at some point coincide with exposure to a number of media displays (150). Geo data (movement data) collected by the monitoring devices, is downloaded to a download server (300), for determining which media displays (150) the respondent was exposed to. The exposure determinations are made by a post-processing server (400).
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1. A computer-implemented method of determining the effectiveness of media displays, the method comprising:
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(a) storing geo data in a plurality of respondent monitoring devices as said plurality of respondent monitoring devices move along respective paths of travel, at least a portion of said geo data derived from a satellite positioning system (“
SPS”
), said stored geo data representing the movement of said plurality of respondent monitoring devices along said respective paths of travel; and(b) downloading said geo data stored in said plurality of respondent monitoring devices to a post processing server for; (i) matching the locations of a plurality of media displays to positions on said respective paths of travel of said plurality of respondent monitoring devices represented by said geo data; and (ii) rating the effectiveness of said plurality of media displays based on said matches between said plurality of media display locations and said positions on said respective paths of travel of said plurality of respondent monitoring devices represented by said geo data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method of determining the effectiveness of media displays, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining geo data specifying a plurality of locations that track the movement of a plurality of monitoring devices and associated respondents, at least a portion of said geo data derived from a satellite positioning system (“
SPS”
);(b) storing said geo data in said plurality of monitoring devices; and (c) downloading said stored geo data to a post processing server for; (i) comparing said plurality of locations that track the movement of said plurality of monitoring devices with a plurality of media display locations; (ii) determining if said plurality of monitoring devices have been exposed to a media display associated with said plurality of media display locations based on whether said plurality of locations that track the movement of said plurality of monitoring devices and said plurality of media display locations are sufficiently close enough to conclude that the locations match; and (iii) determining the effectiveness of said plurality of media display locations based on matches between said plurality of locations that track the movement of said plurality of respondent monitoring devices and said plurality of media display locations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer implemented method of determining optimized placement of media displays, the method comprising:
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obtaining geo data specifying a plurality of locations traversed by a monitoring device in a geographic region, at least a portion of said geo data derived from a satellite positioning system (“
SPS”
);selecting a target level of media display exposure and a budget; determining potential locations within said geographic region with a price within said budget; matching said potential locations to said plurality of locations; determining for said potential locations whether said monitoring device would have been exposed to a potential media display at each of said potential locations; and determining an optimized placement of a media display based on a level of exposure that said media display would have had at a potential location. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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