Programming data gathering systems
Methods and systems for measuring and gathering data relating to publication usage by participants in publication readership studies. Some methods and systems employ portable monitors carried by participants of the studies along with publications fitted with various devices, such as piezoelectric transducers, RFID tags and others devices and circuits.
1 . A method of programming a data gathering system carried in or on a publication for gathering data concerning usage of the publication, comprising:
communicating first data to a portable monitor carried on the person of a respondent from the system indicating that the system is within communicating range of the portable monitor; and
communicating second data from the portable monitor to the system comprising programming data for controlling operation of the system.
2 . A system for programming a data gathering system carried in or on a publication for gathering data concerning usage of the publication, comprising:
a data gathering system carried in or on a publication for gathering data concerning usage of the publication and having a wireless communication capability; and
a portable monitor adapted to be carried on the person of a respondent and having a wireless communication capability for communicating with the data gathering system, the portable monitor being operative to communicate data to the data gathering system comprising programming data for controlling operation of the system.