Methods and systems for testing ability to conduct a research operation
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-011/22
G06Q-010/00
G06Q-030/02
H04L-029/08
출원번호
US-0476180
(2012-05-21)
등록번호
US-8949074
(2015-02-03)
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Crystal, Jack C.
Neuhauser, Alan R.
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The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
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Hanley, Flight and Zimmerman, LLC
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Methods and systems for testing an ability of a Portable User Appliance (PUA) and/or a research data gathering system coupled therewith including a method for testing an ability of a PUA to carry out a research operation, comprises communicating a testing message to the PUA and/or research data gath
Methods and systems for testing an ability of a Portable User Appliance (PUA) and/or a research data gathering system coupled therewith including a method for testing an ability of a PUA to carry out a research operation, comprises communicating a testing message to the PUA and/or research data gathering system coupled therewith, the testing message comprising one of a test command to test its ability to carry out a research operation, and test data to establish, enable or provide a capability thereof to test its ability to carry out a research operation.
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1. A method for testing an ability of a portable user device to produce research data, comprising: communicating a testing message to the portable user device prior to the production of the research data, the research data corresponding to at least one of usage of media of a user of the portable use
1. A method for testing an ability of a portable user device to produce research data, comprising: communicating a testing message to the portable user device prior to the production of the research data, the research data corresponding to at least one of usage of media of a user of the portable user device or exposure of the user to media, the testing message comprisingtest data for the portable user device to establish, enable or provide a capability to test the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data, wherein the test data is to facilitate determination of the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data if configured with additional hardware and/or additional software to interact with pre-existing hardware and/or pre-existing software of the portable user device; andstoring a test result in response to the testing message. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising converting time-domain data to frequency-domain data in the portable user device, the test data comprises the time-domain data to be converted to the frequency-domain data. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the test data comprises time-domain audio data. 4. The method of claim 2, further comprising employing the test data to test an operational characteristic of a clock of the portable user device. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the testing operation is to test the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data based on the test data. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the testing operation tests the portable user device as configured with existing hardware and existing software. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable user device comprises a telephone. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the testing message comprises software to run on a processor of the portable user device. 9. A method for testing an ability of a portable user device to produce research data, comprising: accessing a testing message in the portable user device prior to the production of the research data, the research data corresponding to at least one of usage of media by a user of the portable user device or exposure of the user to media, the testing message comprisinga test command to cause the portable user device to execute a test operation to test an ability of the portable user device to produce the research data, wherein the test command is to test the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data if configured with new hardware and/or new software to interact with pre-existing hardware and/or pre-existing software of the portable user device; andtransmitting a test result in response to the testing message. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the test data comprises time-domain data, and further comprising converting the time-domain data to frequency-domain data. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the test data comprises time-domain audio data. 12. The method of claim 10, further comprising testing an operational characteristic of a clock of the portable user device based on the test data. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the portable user device comprises a telephone. 14. The method of claim 9, wherein the testing message comprises software to run on a processor of the portable user device. 15. A method for testing an ability of a research data collection system to produce research data, the method comprising: communicating a test message to the research data collection system prior to the production of the research data via a portable user device, the research data corresponding to at least one of usage of media by a user of the portable user device or exposure of the user to media, the test message to cause the portable user device to test an ability to produce the research data, wherein the test message tests the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data if configured with additional hardware and/or additional software to interact with pre-existing hardware and/or pre-existing software of the portable user device; andstoring a test result received in response to the test message. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the portable user device comprises a telephone. 17. A method for testing an ability of a portable user device to produce research data, comprising: communicating a testing message to the portable user device prior to the production of the research data, the research data corresponding to at least one of usage of media of a user of the portable user device or exposure of the user to media, the testing message comprising a test command for the portable user device to execute a testing operation to test an ability of the portable user device to produce the research data, wherein the testing operation is to test the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data if configured with new hardware and/or new software to interact with pre-existing hardware and/or pre-existing software of the portable user device; andstoring a test result in response to the testing message. 18. A method for testing an ability of a portable user device to produce research data, comprising: accessing a testing message in the portable user device prior to the production of the research data, the research data corresponding to at least one of usage of media by a user of the portable user device or exposure of the user to media, the testing message comprising test data to test the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data, wherein the test data is to facilitate determination of the ability of the portable user device to produce the research data if configured with additional hardware and/or additional software to interact with pre-existing hardware and/or pre-existing software of the portable user device; andtransmitting a test result in response to the testing message.
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