System and method for automatic sub-panel creation and management

摘要

Systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed for creating and managing sub-panels. Device data may be received in the system from each of a plurality of user devices, wherein the device data includes device usage data, device configuration data, demographic data and the like. Data collection rules are created or loaded into a central processing apparatus, where the device data is processed in the central processing apparatus to determine if device data related to one or more user devices complies to the data collection rules. Sub-panels may be defined in accordance with the processing, wherein the sub-panel may include one or more devices determined to be compliant with the data collection rules. Modification instructions may be generated in the central processing apparatus for the sub-panel, wherein the modification instructions are configured to be transmitted to at least some of the devices in the sub-panel, and wherein the modification instructions include data enabling each device in the sub panel to modify or enable at least one of (i) data collection operations and (ii) data reporting relating to future device data.

主权项

1. A processor-based method to establish a panel of panelist user devices, comprising:
processing device data obtained from the panel of panelist user devices to determine if the device data related to the panelist user devices complies with data collection rules; defining the panel of panelist user devices to include a first panelist user device and a second panelist user device determined to be compliant with the data collection rules; and generating modification instructions to cause the panel of panelist user devices to enable data collection operations, the data collection operations increasing a location retrieval rate of the first panelist user device based on an increasing proximity of the first panelist user device to the second panelist user device.