Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to estimate demographics of users employing social media
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Application No.: US14142411Application Date: 2013-12-27
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Publication No.: US10333882B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Michael Richard Sheppard , Matthew B. Reid , Alejandro Terrazas , Peter Otto Robert Lipa , Brian George Schiller
- 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: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L12/58

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate demographics of users employing social media. An example method disclosed herein includes (1) identifying a social media message regarding an asset, the social media message associated with a user identifier associated with the user, (2) determining demographics associated with a group of people exposed to the asset, (3) associating the user identifier with the asset, and (4) repeating (1) to (3). The example method also includes (5) combining demographics associated with two or more different groups of people with which the user identifier is associated to estimate a demographic profile for the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150067075A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ESTIMATE DEMOGRAPHICS OF USERS EMPLOYING SOCIAL MEDIA Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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