Methods and Apparatus to Identify Users of Handheld Computing Devices

Patent №

US 9,519,909

Granted

2016-12-13

Filed 2012

Owner

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC

Lab

AI components

1

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

13409796

Methods and apparatus to identify users of handheld computing devices are disclosed. An example method includes generating, via a logic circuit, a first handling pattern indicative of a manner in which a handheld computing device is moved while the handheld computing device is presenting media; and storing the first handling pattern and corresponding user identification information in a database, handling patterns stored in the database to identify users of the handheld computing device.

PlanningG06Q 30/02H04H 60/45

AI classification

Planning0.60
Knowledge representation0.25
Natural language0.15
Evolutionary computation0.14
AI hardware0.07
Machine learning0.01
Vision0.01
Speech0.00

Ownership

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC

assignment · 285140530

Assignors

NIELSEN, CHRISTEN, COOPER, SCOTT

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