Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor mobile devices
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1. A mobile device peripheral, comprising:
- a shell having a form factor dimensioned to receive a mobile device;
an audio output device mounted to the shell;
a wireless transceiver to be paired with the mobile device, the wireless transceiver mounted to the shell and coupled with the audio output device to provide the audio output device with audio data received from the mobile device;
a media detector integrated with the shell and coupled with the wireless transceiver to collect media identifying information from the wireless transceiver when the wireless transceiver is paired with the mobile device; and
an audio sensor, integrated with the shell, to capture an audio signal produced by a speaker of the mobile device when the wireless transceiver is not paired with the mobile device, the media detector to obtain the media identifying information from the audio signal when the wireless transceiver is not paired with the mobile device.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor mobile devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a shell having a form factor dimensioned to receive a mobile device; and a near-field interceptor coupled to the shell, the near-field interceptor to capture data communicated via a near-field energy field between a first near-field communication device of the mobile device and a second near field communication device external to the mobile device.
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1. A mobile device peripheral, comprising:
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a shell having a form factor dimensioned to receive a mobile device; an audio output device mounted to the shell; a wireless transceiver to be paired with the mobile device, the wireless transceiver mounted to the shell and coupled with the audio output device to provide the audio output device with audio data received from the mobile device; a media detector integrated with the shell and coupled with the wireless transceiver to collect media identifying information from the wireless transceiver when the wireless transceiver is paired with the mobile device; and an audio sensor, integrated with the shell, to capture an audio signal produced by a speaker of the mobile device when the wireless transceiver is not paired with the mobile device, the media detector to obtain the media identifying information from the audio signal when the wireless transceiver is not paired with the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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determining, if a wireless interface of a case structured to receive a mobile device is paired with a mobile device carried by the case; when the wireless interface of the case is paired with the mobile device, collecting, via a processor, media data received at the wireless interface from the mobile device; and when the wireless interface of the case is unpaired with the mobile device, collecting an audio signal produced by a speaker of the mobile device via an audio sensor of the case. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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determine if a wireless interface of a case, the case having a form factor dimensioned to receive a mobile device, is paired with a mobile device carried by the case; when the wireless interface of the case is paired with the mobile device, collect media data received at the wireless interface from the mobile device; and when the wireless interface of the case is unpaired with the mobile device, collect an audio signal an audio signal produced by a speaker of the mobile device via an audio sensor of the case. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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