IP Library Granted Patent US 8,869,182
Granted Patent B2
US 8,869,182 · App. 13/014,899 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Presenting listener information

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Patent No.
US 8,869,182
App. No.
13/014,899
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Listening information indicating a number of audience members who switched stations during each of the designated periods of time is displayed on a graph having a plot representing the listening information. The graph is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion about a normalized line representing an average number of audience members who listened during designated periods of time. Additional plots can also be presented, including plots arranged so that portions above the normalized line represent a greater than average number of listeners, and portions below the normalized line represent a lower than average number of listeners.

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

obtaining listening information indicating a number of audience members who listened during a designated time on a plurality of different dates, by executing a program instruction in a computer system;

determining a multiple-date-average, wherein the multiple-date-average represents an average number audience members who listened during the designated time on each of the plurality of different dates, by executing a program instruction in a computer system;

displaying, by executing a program instruction in a computer system, a graph including a single plot representing a relationship between the multiple-date-average and a number of audience members who listened during the designated time on a selected date of interest; and

wherein the graph is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion about a normalized line representing an average number of audience members who listened during the designated time.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

the plot representing a percentage of expected audience members who listened during the designated time on the plurality of different dates, by executing a program instruction in a computer system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the number of audience members includes audience members who listened to at least one station during any portion of the designated time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the plot represents a multi-week moving average.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an average number of listeners at a particular time of day for a particular content provider, by executing a program instruction in a computer system; and

determining a net audience value over a time period including more than one day, based on the average number of audience members listening on various different days, and at the particular time of day time, by executing a program instruction in a computer system.

6. A system comprising:

a processor;

memory associated with the processor; and

a program of instructions to be stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the program of instructions including:

at least one instruction to obtain listening information indicating a number of audience members who listened during a designated time on a plurality of different dates;

at least one instruction to determine a multiple-date-average, wherein the multiple-date-average represents an average number audience members who listened during the designated time on each of the plurality of different dates, by executing a program instruction in a computer system;

at least one instruction to display a graph including a single plot representing a relationship between the multiple-date-average and a number of audience members who listened during the designated time on a selected date of interest; and

wherein the graph is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion about a normalized line representing an average number of audience members who listened during the designated time.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:

at least one instruction to display, on the graph, a plot representing a percentage of expected audience members who listened during the designated time on the plurality of different dates.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein:

the number of audience members includes audience members who listened to at least one station during any portion of the designated time.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein:

the plot represents a multi-week moving average.

10. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:

at least one instruction to determine an average number of listeners at a particular time of day for a particular content provider; and

at least one instruction to determine a net audience value over a time period including more than one day, based on the average number of audience members listening on various different days, and at the particular time of day time, by executing a program instruction in a computer system.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions to be stored in a memory and executed by a processor, the program of instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to obtain listening information indicating a number of audience members who listened during a designated time on a plurality of different dates;

at least one instruction to determine a multiple-date-average, wherein the multiple-date-average represents an average number audience members who listened during the designated time on each of the plurality of different dates, by executing a program instruction in a computer system;

at least one instruction to display a graph including a single plot representing a relationship between the multiple-date-average and a number of audience members who listened during the designated time on a selected date of interest; and

wherein the graph is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion about a normalized line representing an average number of audience members who listened during the designated periods of time.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

at least one instruction to display on the graph a plot representing a percentage of expected audience members who listened during the designated time on the plurality of different dates.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein:

the number of audience members includes audience members who listened to at least one station during any portion of the designated time.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein:

the plot represents a multi-week moving average.

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