METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA DEVICES WITH A DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA
Patent №
US 10,956,923
Granted
2021-03-23
Filed 2020
Owner
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Lab
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AI components
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kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
16901969
Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus also include means for resolving addresses, the means for resolving 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, in response to determining the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, associate a geographic area with the media device, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic are, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
AI classification
Ownership
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
assignment · 552510560
Assignors
BESEHANIC, JAN, LUFF, ROBERT, WRIGHT, DAVID HOWELL, MEARS, PAUL, RAMASWAMY, ARUN, MILAVSKY, JOSEPH G.
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