Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area
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Application No.: US17208709Application Date: 2021-03-22
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Publication No.: US11556946B2Publication Date: 2023-01-17
- Inventor: Jan Besehanic , Paul Mears , Joseph G. Milavsky , Robert A. Luff , Arun Ramaswamy , David Howell Wright
- 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: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; H04L67/50 ; H04W4/02 ; H04L61/5014 ; H04L101/69 ; H04L101/695 ; H04L43/0811

Abstract:
Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210295360A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA DEVICES WITH A DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA Public/Granted day:2021-09-23
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