Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to estimate demographics of a household
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Application No.: US15845042Application Date: 2017-12-18
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Publication No.: US10298982B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Jonathan Sullivan , Peter Lipa , Michael Sheppard , Alejandro Terrazas
- 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: H04N21/258
- IPC: H04N21/258 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/466

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to estimate demographics of a household are disclosed. An example method to determine demographics for non-panelist households includes calculating a first demographic constraint average and a second demographic constraint average based on a first demographic distribution of a first tuning event of a household and a second demographic distribution of a second tuning event of the household. The household is a non-panelist household. The example method also includes, based on the first demographic constraint average, determining a first likelihood of the household being associated with a first demographic constraint. The example method also includes, based on the second demographic constraint average, determining a second likelihood of the household being associated with a second demographic constraint. The example method also includes estimating a household characteristic of the household based on the first likelihood and the second likelihood.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180205980A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ESTIMATE DEMOGRAPHICS OF A HOUSEHOLD Public/Granted day:2018-07-19
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