Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to estimate population reach from marginal ratings with missing information
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Application No.: US18151993Application Date: 2023-01-09
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Publication No.: US11924488B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Michael Sheppard , Dipti Shah , Ajete Junuzi , Molly Poppie
- 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: H04N21/258
- IPC: H04N21/258 ; G06F17/18 ; G06Q30/0201

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate population reach from marginal ratings with missing information. An example apparatus includes a pseudo universe calculator to (i) determine a first pseudo universe estimate for a first audience of media corresponding to a first union of first margins, the first margins corresponding to known audience totals, and (ii) determine a second pseudo universe estimate for a second audience of the media corresponding to a second union of second margins, the determination based on an audience constant, the second margins including a margin corresponding to an unknown audience total. The example apparatus also includes a reach calculator to (i) determine an estimate of the unknown audience total of the second audience based on the second pseudo universe estimate for the second audience, and (ii) determine a reach estimate for the second union based on the first and second pseudo universe estimates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230232057A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ESTIMATE POPULATION REACH FROM MARGINAL RATINGS WITH MISSING INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2023-07-20
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