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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to utilize minimum cross entropy to calculate granular data of a region based on another region for media audience measurement
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Application No.: US16146926Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US10433008B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Michael Sheppard , Jonathan Sullivan , Peter Lipa , 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: H04N7/16
- IPC: H04N7/16 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/25 ; H04N21/258

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to utilize a minimum cross entropy to calculate granular data of a region based on another region for media audience measurement. An example method for calculating granular data of a region for media audience measurement includes determining, by executing first instructions via a processor, aggregate behavioral data associated with a measurement of a media audience of a target region; determining, by executing second instructions via the processor, aggregate demographics data of the target region; and determining, by executing third instructions via the processor, granular data of a source region. The example method includes calculating, by executing fourth instructions via the processor, granular data of the media audience of the target region by utilizing minimum cross entropy to apportion the aggregate demographics data and the aggregate behavioral data of the target region based on the granular data of the source region to determine.
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