System and method for measuring television audience engagement

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8904419
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13847476

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A system and method are disclosed that measures audience engagement with a program based on the time a user spends viewing the program. A program's ability to retain viewers is referred to as the “stickiness” of the program. The viewership for a program is determined by the system and then compared to viewership of various other programs in order to assess the audience retention for the analyzed program as compared to the retention of the other programs. The system calculates a “stickiness index” for the program, which is a numerical representation of the analyzed program's stickiness as compared to the average of the other programs. The system may generate a report including the analyzed data and calculated stickiness index for advertisers, agencies, media sellers, or other parties that are interested in assessing viewership of the analyzed program.

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COMSCORE INC11950 DEMOCRACY DRIVE SUITE 600 RESTON VA 20190
PROXIMIC LLC11950 DEMOCRACY DRIVE SUITE 600 RESTON VA 20190
RENTRAK CORPORATION11950 DEMOCRACY DRIVE SUITE 600 RESTON VA 20190

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Goerlich, Bruce Forest Hills, US 14 353
Loper, Maria Portland, US 8 175
Martin, Melissa Portland, US 2 79
Vinson, Michael Piedmont, US 25 1006
Yazdani, Amir Portland, US 25 579

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