Methods and apparatus to collect media monitoring information
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1. A system to collect metering information, the system comprising:
- a first media meter to generate first media monitoring information in response to media presented by a first media presentation device during a first data collection period and to generate second media monitoring information in response to media presented by the first media presentation device during a second data collection period;
a main storage to store the first media monitoring information during the first data collection period and to store the second media monitoring information during the second data collection period;
an archive storage to store the first media monitoring information during the second data collection period;
a first peripheral memory device removably couplable by an audience member to the first media meter to receive at least one of the first media monitoring information or the second media monitoring information; and
a second peripheral memory device removably couplable by the audience member to the first media meter to receive at least one of the first media monitoring information or the second media monitoring information,during the first data collection period, the first media monitoring information being receivable from the main storage, during the second data collection period, the first media monitoring information being receivable from the archive storage and the second media monitoring information being receivable from the main storage, and the second peripheral memory device to receive the first media monitoring information from the archive storage after the first media monitoring information has been determined to be corrupted on the first peripheral device.
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Abstract
Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect metering information associated with media presented media presentation devices are disclosed. A disclosed example system for collecting metering information includes a media meter to generate media monitoring information in response to media presented by a media presentation device. The example system also includes a peripheral memory device removably couplable by an audience member to the media meter to receive the media monitoring information.
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1. A system to collect metering information, the system comprising:
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a first media meter to generate first media monitoring information in response to media presented by a first media presentation device during a first data collection period and to generate second media monitoring information in response to media presented by the first media presentation device during a second data collection period; a main storage to store the first media monitoring information during the first data collection period and to store the second media monitoring information during the second data collection period; an archive storage to store the first media monitoring information during the second data collection period; a first peripheral memory device removably couplable by an audience member to the first media meter to receive at least one of the first media monitoring information or the second media monitoring information; and a second peripheral memory device removably couplable by the audience member to the first media meter to receive at least one of the first media monitoring information or the second media monitoring information, during the first data collection period, the first media monitoring information being receivable from the main storage, during the second data collection period, the first media monitoring information being receivable from the archive storage and the second media monitoring information being receivable from the main storage, and the second peripheral memory device to receive the first media monitoring information from the archive storage after the first media monitoring information has been determined to be corrupted on the first peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of collecting media monitoring information, the method comprising:
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instructing an audience member to couple a first peripheral memory device to a first media meter to retrieve media monitoring information collected during a first data collection period; using a processor to transfer the media monitoring information from a main storage of the first media meter to the first peripheral memory device and to an archive storage of the first media meter; instructing the audience member to remove the first peripheral memory device from the first media meter; instructing the audience member to send the first peripheral memory device to a collection facility; receiving the first peripheral memory device at a collection facility; using a processor to verify integrity of the media monitoring information associated with the first peripheral memory device; and when the verification indicates an error in the media monitoring information on the first peripheral memory device, instructing the audience member to couple a second peripheral memory device to the first media meter to retrieve the media monitoring information from the archive storage. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A tangible machine-accessible medium excluding propagating signals and storing machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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detect a first signal; generate a first signature in response to detecting the first signal; store the first signature in a main storage during a first data collection period; transfer the first signature from the main storage to an archive storage during a second data collection period; detect a second signal; generate a second signature in response to detecting the second signal; store the second signature in the main storage during the second data collection period; detect a first peripheral memory device; transfer the first signature from the main storage to the first peripheral device upon receipt of a transfer signal after the first data collection period; transfer the first signature from the archive storage to a second peripheral device upon receipt of a transfer signal after the second data collection period when the first signature has been determined to be corrupted on the first peripheral memory device; transfer the second signature from the main storage to the second peripheral device upon receipt of a transfer signal after the second data collection period; and present a transfer completed signal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of collecting media monitoring information, the method comprising:
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storing first media monitoring information in a main memory identifying media presented by a first media presentation device during a first data collection period; generating second media monitoring information in the main storage identifying media presented by the first media presentation device during a second data collection period; copying the first media monitoring information to an archive storage; coupling a first peripheral memory device to a first media meter; transferring the first media monitoring information from the main storage of the first media meter to the first peripheral memory device; sending the first peripheral memory device to a collection facility; transferring the first media monitoring information from the archive storage of the first media meter to a second peripheral memory device after the first media monitoring information or the first peripheral memory device is found to be corrupted; and sending the first peripheral memory device to the collection facility. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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