公开(公告)号：US20250071375A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18828042

申请日：2024-09-09

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： David Watts

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/475

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify user presence to a meter. An example apparatus includes memory, instructions, and at least one hardware processor to execute the instructions to at least: obtain presence information from a configuration device, the configuration device separate from the apparatus, the presence information indicating that user is present at the apparatus; verify the presence information matches user information, the user information stored in a memory of the apparatus; cause a confirmation prompt to be displayed on the configuration device, the confirmation prompt to indicate the presence information was obtained by the apparatus; and store the presence information in memory.

公开(公告)号：US12231742B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18417049

申请日：2024-01-19

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Steven J. Splaine ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Kevin K. Gaynor ,  Chris G. Nicotra ,  Alan N. Bosworth

IPC: H04N21/854 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.

公开(公告)号：US12231319B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18357343

申请日：2023-07-24

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Jan Besehanic

IPC: G06F16/00 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04L43/106

Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein are to access first data entries from a first data source based on a first media identifier, the first data entries associated with first streaming media, respective ones of the first data entries including the first media identifier and corresponding timestamps that indicate when the first streaming media was presented or accessed via a group of media devices. Disclosed example apparatus are also to access second data entries from a second data source based on a keyword or phrase, the second data entries associated with news information or weather information. Disclosed example apparatus are further to align, based on the timestamps, the second data entries with values of a time varying audience of the first streaming media determined based on the first data entries to determine ratings data that correlates changes in the time varying audience with the news information or the weather information.

公开(公告)号：US20250056087A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18925233

申请日：2024-10-24

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Marko Panger ,  Joe Kerkes ,  Joze Arh

IPC: H04N21/439 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/462

Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.

公开(公告)号：US20250055775A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18925729

申请日：2024-10-24

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Jan Besehanic

IPC: H04L43/06 ,  H04L65/61 ,  H04L65/70 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N1/32 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein are to send a request to a media provider that is to cause the media provider to initiate transmission of a transport stream that is to provide streaming media to a media presentation device. Disclosed example apparatus are also to extract metering metadata from a data file to be received by the media presentation device after the transmission of the transport stream is initiated by the media provider but before receipt by the media presentation device of the transport stream that is to provide the streaming media to the media presentation device, the data file associated with the transport stream. Disclosed example apparatus are further to report the metering metadata to a server in response to a detected event, and access an identification of secondary media responsive to the report of the metering metadata, the secondary media to be presented by the media presentation device.

公开(公告)号：US12223520B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18526009

申请日：2023-12-01

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Albert R. Perez ,  Josh Gaunt

IPC: G06Q30/0204 ,  G06Q10/067 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q30/0242

Abstract: A disclosed example includes accessing computer-generated impression records, the computer-generated impression records based on network communications received at a server of a database proprietor from client devices, the computer-generated impression records indicative of accesses to media at the client devices; accessing self-reported demographic data and behavioral data from a database of the database proprietor, the self-reported demographic data and the behavioral data corresponding to user accounts registered with the database proprietor and associated with the client devices; comparing the self-reported demographic data with a probability distribution of higher-accuracy demographic data; determining different adjustments for corresponding ones of self-reported demographics of the self-reported demographic data based on the comparison; adjusting the corresponding ones of the self-reported demographics based on corresponding ones of the different adjustments to generate adjusted user demographic data; and assigning the adjusted user demographic data to corresponding ones of the computer-generated impression records.

公开(公告)号：US20250047937A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18921972

申请日：2024-10-21

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Sandeep Tapse ,  Albert T. Borawski ,  Daniel Nelson

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/56

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate reference signatures are disclosed. An example method includes collecting a first signature for media being presented to a plurality of households; crediting the media when the first signature matches a reference signature in a reference signature database; in response to determining that the first signature does not match a reference signature in the reference signature database and the first signature does not match an unidentified signature in an unknown signature database, storing the first signature in the unknown signature database; in response to determining that a second signature does not match the reference signature in the reference signature database and the second signature matches the unidentified signature in the unknown signature database, and increasing a count associated with the unidentified signature

公开(公告)号：US12217285B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US18501891

申请日：2023-11-03

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Achilleas Papakostas ,  Susan Cimino

IPC: G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L67/50 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to expand panelist enrollment are disclosed. An example first media device includes processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to scan at least one local area network to which the first media device is connected, store an identification of a second media device connected to the at least one local area network, in response to scan of the at least one local area network indicating that the second media device is commonly connected to the at least one local area network with the first media device, add the identification of the second media device to a fingerprint, and transmit the fingerprint to a central facility.

公开(公告)号：US20250028384A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18777193

申请日：2024-07-18

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Igor Sotosek ,  Girish Khavasi

IPC: G06F3/01

Abstract: An example method is for use in connection with a media device and a motion-detecting device mounted to the media device, and includes: obtaining motion data associated with the motion-detecting device; providing the obtained motion data to a trained classifier, wherein the trained classifier is configured to use at least motion data as runtime input data to generate at least device type data as runtime output data; responsive to providing the obtained motion data to the trained classifier, receiving from the trained classifier corresponding device type data generated by the trained classifier; using at least the received device type data to identify a device type of the media device; using at least the identified device type of the media device as a basis to select a set of configuration parameters for the motion-detecting device; and causing the motion-detecting device to be configured according to the selected set of configuration parameters.

公开(公告)号：US12206943B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18492366

申请日：2023-10-23

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Kumar Nagaraja Rao ,  William Rene Waldron ,  Neung Soo Ha ,  Billie Jo Kline ,  Michael Morgan

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  G06F16/215 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q30/0242 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: Disclosed examples determine a duplicated audience size representative of panelists exposed to television media and digital media; determine a panel duplication reach based on the duplicated audience size and a panelist population; determine a did-not-view reach based on a television audience size, a digital audience size, the duplicated audience size, and the panelist population; obtain an overlap multiplier as a ratio of (1) a product of the panel duplication reach and the did-not-view reach and (2) a product of a television panel reach and a digital panel reach; determine a duplication factor for a media item based on a television audience reach, a digital audience reach, and the overlap multiplier; and determine a total audience for the media item based on the television audience reach, the digital audience reach, and the duplication factor.