METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA DEVICES WITH A DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA
Patent №
US 11,556,946
Granted
2023-01-17
Filed 2021
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
17208709
Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also 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, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
AI classification
Ownership
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
assignment · 588990956
Assignors
BESEHANIC, JAN, LUFF, ROBERT, WRIGHT, DAVID HOWELL, MEARS, PAUL, RAMASWAMY, ARUN, MILAVSKY, JOSEPH G.
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