John H Houston

6353929, Mar 5, 2002

Jun 23, 1997

08/880371

John S. Houston - New York NY

One River Worldtrek, Inc. - New York NY

H04N 716

725 20, 725 9, 709217, 709302, 705 7

A cooperative electronic media measurement system is disclosed which uses media handlers to obtain information from, or otherwise obtain information about, presented media objects, including identification tags, if present, for collection by research data collection agents and subsequent dispatch to a centralized media research controller. The media research controller registers advertisements and other media for subsequent measurement and provides a unique identification tag that may be added to, or associated with, the existing media object. Media objects are presented to a panel member by a panel member-computing device which may receive media objects by means of a network connection, from one or more local sources, or generate media objects in real-time, or a combination thereof. One or more research data collection agents are assigned to measure each panel members exposure to and interactions with electronic media. Cooperative media handlers automatically obtain information from, or otherwise obtain information about, presented media objects including identification tags, if present, and other information, for collection by the research data collection agents.

7919945, Apr 5, 2011

Jun 27, 2006

11/476436

John Houston - New York NY, US
Nathan Delson - San Diego CA, US

Coactive Drive Corporation - New York NY

H02P 21/00

318460, 318128, 318451, 310 14, 363110

The present invention relates to synchronized vibration devices that can provide haptic feedback to a user. A wide variety of actuator types may be employed to provide synchronized vibration, including linear actuators, rotary actuators, rotating eccentric mass actuators, and rocking mass actuators. A controller may send signals to one or more driver circuits for directing operation of the actuators. The controller may provide direction and amplitude control, vibration control, and frequency control to direct the haptic experience. Parameters such as frequency, phase, amplitude, duration, and direction can be programmed or input as different patterns suitable for use in gaming, virtual reality and real-world situations.

8032317, Oct 4, 2011

May 15, 2008

12/121534

John Houston - New York NY, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Brian Hopkins - Jersey City NJ, US

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

G01R 21/00

702 62, 702 61

System and methods to determine the energy consumption per event type from usage data of portable devices are described. A disclosed example method includes receiving data associated with events on a portable device, analyzing the received data to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device, and reporting the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

8181194, May 15, 2012

Dec 21, 2001

10/026872

John S. Houston - New York NY, US

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

H04N 7/173
H04N 5/445
G06F 9/44
G06F 13/00
H04N 7/16

725 14, 725 9, 725 46, 719329, 715745

A media measurement system uses media handlers to obtain information from presented media for collection by research data collection agents and dispatch to a controller. The controller registers media for measurement. One or more research data collection agents are assigned to measure each panel member's exposure to and interactions with media. A research data collection agent tracks a panel member and collects transmissions from the cooperative media handlers. The research data collection agent creates log entry objects from transmissions received from the cooperative media handlers, places the log entry objects into an unfiltered media queue, confirms the integrity of the messages, filters out unnecessary log entry objects from the unfiltered media queue to create a filtered media queue, creates dispatch objects using objects from the filtered media queue, places dispatch objects into a dispatch queue, and transmits dispatch objects from the dispatch queue to the controller.

8266646, Sep 11, 2012

Oct 30, 2002

10/283953

John S. Houston - New York NY, US

H04N 5/445
G06F 15/16
G06F 9/44

725 20, 725 9, 725 13, 725 19, 709224, 719329

A cooperative electronic media measurement system is disclosed that measures the electronic media usage of one or more individuals by a media research entity. The media research entity defines at least one specialized task useful to the media research entity. The at least one specialized task is performed by a media handler provided by another entity and concerns a handling of electronic media by the media handler. The individual is tracked with at least one software agent of the media research entity. At least one software agent obtains a product of the specialized task performed by the media handler via at least one defined interface that provides interoperability between the media handler and the at least one software agent. Cooperative media handlers automatically obtain information from, or otherwise obtain information about, presented media objects including identification tags, if present, and other information, for collection by the research data collection agents.

8364429, Jan 29, 2013

Aug 31, 2011

13/222969

John Houston - New York NY, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Brian Hopkins - Jersey City NJ, US

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

G01R 21/00
G06F 19/00

702 62, 702 61

System and methods to determine the energy consumption per event type from usage data of portable devices are described. An example method to determine the energy consumption of events on a portable device includes receiving data associated with events occurring using at least a portion of the portable device during a time period, the data including a time at which each event type occurred and a total power consumed by the at least the portion of the portable device during the time period, analyzing, via a processor, the received data to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the at least a portion of the portable device based on the times at which each of the event types occurred and the total power consumed, and reporting the energy consumption per the event type for the at least the portion of portable device.

8384316, Feb 26, 2013

Feb 18, 2011

13/030663

John Houston - New York NY, US
Nathan Delson - San Diego CA, US

Coactive Drive Corporation - New York NY

H02K 33/00

318114, 318128, 318460, 340429, 340566

The present invention relates to synchronized vibration devices that can provide haptic feedback to a user. A wide variety of actuator types may be employed to provide synchronized vibration, including linear actuators, rotary actuators, rotating eccentric mass actuators, and rocking mass actuators. A controller may send signals to one or more driver circuits for directing operation of the actuators. The controller may provide direction and amplitude control, vibration control, and frequency control to direct the haptic experience. Parameters such as frequency, phase, amplitude, duration, and direction can be programmed or input as different patterns suitable for use in gaming, virtual reality and real-world situations.

8390218, Mar 5, 2013

Mar 24, 2011

13/070638

John Houston - New York NY, US
Nathan Delson - San Diego CA, US

Coactive Drive Corporation - New York NY

H02K 33/00

318114, 318115, 318135, 318460, 318700, 335 90, 335252

The present invention relates to synchronized vibration devices that can provide haptic feedback to a user. A wide variety of actuator types may be employed to provide synchronized vibration, including linear actuators, rotary actuators, rotating eccentric mass actuators, and rocking mass actuators. A controller may send signals to one or more driver circuits for directing operation of the actuators. The controller may provide direction and amplitude control, vibration control, and frequency control to direct the haptic experience. Parameters such as frequency, phase, amplitude, duration, and direction can be programmed or input as different patterns suitable for use in gaming, virtual reality and real-world situations.