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- Patent Title: Methods, systems and apparatus to estimate census-level total impression durations and audience size across demographics
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Application No.: US17219548Application Date: 2021-03-31
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Publication No.: US12093968B2Publication Date: 2024-09-17
- Inventor: Michael R. Sheppard , DongBo Cui , Jake Dailey , Edward Murphy , Diane Morovati Lopez
- 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: G06Q30/0201
- IPC: G06Q30/0201 ; G06F16/9536 ; G06F17/18

Abstract:
Example technical solutions to determine census-level audience metrics across demographics are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include a distribution parameter solver to initialize distribution parameter values for a probability of an individual within a demographic being (i) included in a subscriber audience for the demographic and (ii) having a first impression duration, the subscriber audience having a first subscriber audience size. Disclosed example apparatus also include a divergence parameter solver to determine divergence parameter values between (i) the first subscriber audience size and the first impression duration and (ii) a census-level audience size and a second impression duration based on the initialized distribution parameter values. Disclosed example apparatus further include a search space identifier to identify a search space within bounds based on a census-level total impression count and a census-level total impression duration, the search space to define a range based on census-level duration equality and census-level audience equality constraints.
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