公开(公告)号：US20240373097A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18605816

申请日：2024-03-15

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Ronny Lerch ,  John Stavropoulos ,  David Gish

IPC: H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/45

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine whether audience measurement meters are co-located. An example apparatus is to, based on a difference between a first sampling time of a first entry of a first log and a second sampling time of a corresponding entry of a second log satisfying a first threshold, determine at least one matching instance of at least one first device identifier of the first entry and at least one second device identifier of the corresponding entry. Additionally, the example apparatus is to populate a variable with the at least one matching instance. The example apparatus is also to, based on a metric satisfying a second threshold, cause transmission of an alert indicating that a first meter and a second meter were co-located during generation of the first log and the second log, the metric based on the at least one matching instance.

公开(公告)号：US20240031647A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18477765

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Meryem Berrada ,  Ronny Lerch ,  John Stavropoulos ,  Alexander Topchy ,  John Zoldos

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04L67/54 ,  H04L67/50

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04L67/54 ,  H04L67/535

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect a presence status. An example apparatus includes media identification circuitry to generate first signatures representative of first audio data associated with a monitored media device, a comparator to obtain second signatures from a portable meter, the second signatures representative of second audio data sensed by the portable meter and compare the first signatures and the second signatures to determine a comparison result, presence detection circuitry to determine a presence status of a user based on the comparison result, the user associated with the portable meter, and network communication circuitry to transmit the presence status to a data processor to perform audience measurement based on the presence status.

公开(公告)号：US20240147006A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US17977887

申请日：2022-10-31

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Ronny Lerch ,  John Stavropoulos ,  David Gish

IPC: H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/45

CPC classification number: H04N21/4661 ,  H04N21/4532

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine whether audience measurement meters are co-located. An example apparatus is to, based on a difference between a first sampling time of a first entry of a first log and a second sampling time of a corresponding entry of a second log satisfying a first threshold, determine at least one matching instance of at least one first device identifier of the first entry and at least one second device identifier of the corresponding entry. Additionally, the example apparatus is to populate a variable with the at least one matching instance. The example apparatus is also to, based on a metric satisfying a second threshold, cause transmission of an alert indicating that a first meter and a second meter were co-located during generation of the first log and the second log, the metric based on the at least one matching instance.

公开(公告)号：US20230179830A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US18079723

申请日：2022-12-12

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Jeremey M. Davis ,  Ronny Lerch

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/466

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/4667

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to generate media exposure maps of media environments. An example apparatus includes memory and processor circuitry to execute instructions to at least: group first locations into a first cluster and second locations into a second cluster, ones of the first locations and the second locations based on at least one of corresponding angle of arrival measurements or corresponding angle of departure measurements, determine a first duration corresponding to the first cluster and a second duration corresponding to the second cluster based on timestamps of the first locations and the second locations, and generate a map based on at least one of the first cluster or the second cluster in response to one of the first duration or the second duration meeting a threshold duration and corresponding to a monitored data, the map to represent an area of media exposure in a media presentation environment.

公开(公告)号：US20250071186A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18800643

申请日：2024-08-12

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Holly McCoy ,  Oscar Blanco ,  Meryem Berrada ,  Ronny Lerch

IPC: H04L67/50 ,  H04L43/0876

Abstract: In one example, a method is described. The method includes: obtaining a non-persistent device identifier; obtaining network traffic data specifying, for each of multiple network devices, a network device identifier, one or more network device parameters, and a network time stamp; comparing user device parameters to network device parameters; selecting, based on the parameter comparison, one or more candidate device identifiers; comparing, for each candidate device identifier, the user device time stamp with the network time stamp associated with the candidate device identifier; selecting, based on the time stamp comparison, a target device identifier from the one or more candidate device identifiers; and updating the non-persistent device identifier associated with the user-associated device at a media exposure measurement location using the target device identifier selected from the one or more candidate device identifiers included in the network traffic data.

公开(公告)号：US11812104B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17448343

申请日：2021-09-21

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Meryem Berrada ,  Ronny Lerch ,  John Stavropoulos ,  Alexander Topchy ,  John Zoldos

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04L67/54 ,  H04L67/50

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04L67/535 ,  H04L67/54 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect a presence status. An example apparatus includes media identification circuitry to generate first signatures representative of first audio data associated with a monitored media device, a comparator to obtain second signatures from a portable meter, the second signatures representative of second audio data sensed by the portable meter and compare the first signatures and the second signatures to determine a comparison result, presence detection circuitry to determine a presence status of a user based on the comparison result, the user associated with the portable meter, and network communication circuitry to transmit the presence status to a data processor to perform audience measurement based on the presence status.

公开(公告)号：US20240430525A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18338136

申请日：2023-06-20

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Ronny Lerch ,  Meryem Berrada ,  Alan Lekah ,  John Zoldos ,  James Anderson

IPC: H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/658

Abstract: A system and method for attributing media-exposure to a particular media-delivery device, such as a media player, at a panelist site. An example system includes a first meter configured to detect media presentation by a media-presentation device at the panelist site, and a second meter configured to detect media transmission at the panelist site to the media-delivery device at the panelist site. Further, the example system includes program instructions stored in non-transitory data storage and executable by at least one processor to carry out operations including (i) correlating the detected media presentation at the panelist site with the detected media transmission at the panelist site to the media-delivery device at the panelist site and (ii) based on the correlating, associating the panelist media-exposure with the media-delivery device, such as by generating record indicating the association. This association may then be used as a basis to enhance audience ratings.

公开(公告)号：US20240244294A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18621089

申请日：2024-03-28

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Jeremey M. Davis ,  Ronny Lerch

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/466

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/4667

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to generate media exposure maps of media environments. An example apparatus includes memory and processor circuitry to execute instructions to at least: group first locations into a first cluster and second locations into a second cluster, ones of the first locations and the second locations based on at least one of corresponding angle of arrival measurements or corresponding angle of departure measurements, determine a first duration corresponding to the first cluster and a second duration corresponding to the second cluster based on timestamps of the first locations and the second locations, and generate a map based on at least one of the first cluster or the second cluster in response to one of the first duration or the second duration meeting a threshold duration and corresponding to a monitored data, the map to represent an area of media exposure in a media presentation environment.

公开(公告)号：US11962855B1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17977887

申请日：2022-10-31

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Ronny Lerch ,  John Stavropoulos ,  David Gish

IPC: H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/466

CPC classification number: H04N21/4661 ,  H04N21/4532

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine whether audience measurement meters are co-located. An example apparatus is to, based on a difference between a first sampling time of a first entry of a first log and a second sampling time of a corresponding entry of a second log satisfying a first threshold, determine at least one matching instance of at least one first device identifier of the first entry and at least one second device identifier of the corresponding entry. Additionally, the example apparatus is to populate a variable with the at least one matching instance. The example apparatus is also to, based on a metric satisfying a second threshold, cause transmission of an alert indicating that a first meter and a second meter were co-located during generation of the first log and the second log, the metric based on the at least one matching instance.

公开(公告)号：US11962850B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US18079723

申请日：2022-12-12

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Jeremey M. Davis ,  Ronny Lerch

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/466

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/4667

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to generate media exposure maps of media environments. An example apparatus includes memory and processor circuitry to execute instructions to at least: group first locations into a first cluster and second locations into a second cluster, ones of the first locations and the second locations based on at least one of corresponding angle of arrival measurements or corresponding angle of departure measurements, determine a first duration corresponding to the first cluster and a second duration corresponding to the second cluster based on timestamps of the first locations and the second locations, and generate a map based on at least one of the first cluster or the second cluster in response to one of the first duration or the second duration meeting a threshold duration and corresponding to a monitored data, the map to represent an area of media exposure in a media presentation environment.