Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions
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Application No.: US17688683Application Date: 2022-03-07
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Publication No.: US11785293B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Steven J. Splaine , Adrian Swift
- 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
- Main IPC: H04N21/442
- IPC: H04N21/442 ; H04N21/84 ; H04N21/61 ; G06Q30/0201 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/4782 ; H04N21/658 ; H04L67/53 ; H04L67/50 ; H04N21/4788 ; H04L67/02 ; H04N21/81 ; H04L67/306

Abstract:
A disclosed example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to store a logged media impression for a media identifier representative of media accessed via the Internet, cause transmission of a device identifier or a user identifier to a database proprietor when a user has not elected to not participate in third-party tracking corresponding to online activities, access user information from the database proprietor based on the device identifier or the user identifier, log a demographic impression based on the media impression and the user information, and generate an impression report corresponding to the media based on the demographic impression.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220191589A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS Public/Granted day:2022-06-16
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