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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to determine mobile device application usage in vehicles including media applications
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Application No.: US15487198Application Date: 2017-04-13
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Publication No.: US10104564B1Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Susan Cimino , Stanley Woodruff , Achilleas Papakostas , John T. Livoti
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04B17/00
- IPC: H04B17/00 ; H04W24/08 ; H04W8/26 ; H04W4/04 ; H04W8/18

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine the mobile device usage within vehicles having media application are described herein. An example method includes classifying an SSID detected by a mobile device as a vehicle SSID, determining application usage of a mobile device and a vehicle media device, and determining a ratio of mobile device application usage to vehicle media device application usage.
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