METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS
Patent №
US 11,272,249
Granted
2022-03-08
Filed 2020
Owner
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Lab
—
AI components
2
kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
17087109
A disclosed example apparatus includes means for storing a logged media impression for a media identifier representative of media accessed via the Internet, means for communicating to send a third-party device identifier or a user identifier corresponding to the user to a database proprietor when a user has not elected to not participate in third-party tracking corresponding to online activities, and receive user information from the database proprietor based on the third-party device identifier or the user identifier, and means for processing to 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.
AI classification
Ownership
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
assignment · 549890593
Assignors
SPLAINE, STEVEN J., SWIFT, ADRIAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.