Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for estimating total unique audiences
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Application No.: US15008220Application Date: 2016-01-27
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Publication No.: US10270673B1Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Michael R. Sheppard , Jonathan Sullivan , Peter Lipa , Matthew B. Reid , Peter C. Doe , Peng Fei Yi
- 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: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L29/08 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for determining a unique audience exposed to media while reducing memory resources of a computing device are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving impression requests at a server from a plurality of client devices via a network; based on the impression requests, logging, with the server, a plurality of impressions corresponding to the media accessed at the client devices; obtaining a number of demographic impressions logged by a database proprietor; obtaining a number of registered users of the database proprietor exposed to the media; multiplying, by executing an instruction with a processor, a number of the plurality of impressions by a square of the number of the registered users to generate a product; dividing, by executing an instruction with the processor, the product by a number of the demographic impressions to generate a quotient; and determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, the unique audience based on a square root of the quotient.
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