Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to identify session users with cookie information
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Application No.: US13396071Application Date: 2012-02-14
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Publication No.: US08977694B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Gilles Duterque , Seema Varma Srivastava , Cristina Ion
- Applicant: Gilles Duterque , Seema Varma Srivastava , Cristina Ion
- Applicant Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying activity associated with a first cookie having a first type, in response to identifying the first, parsing the first cookie to identify a first panelist, when the first cookie includes an identifier associated with a first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with the first panelist, and when the first cookie includes an identifier unassociated with the first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with a guest.
Public/Granted literature
- US09015255B2 Methods and apparatus to identify session users with cookie information Public/Granted day:2015-04-21
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