Patents by Inventor Andrej Barbis
Andrej Barbis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240168856Abstract: A disclosed example meter to monitor a media device includes a touch sense circuit including a circuit input and a circuit output, the circuit input to electrically couple with a first power line of the meter and a capacitor, the circuit output to provide a first value based on the capacitor when the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with a second power line of the media device, the circuit output to provide a second value different from the first value when the first power line of the meter is electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device. The disclosed example meter also includes at least one processor to detect the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device when the circuit output of the touch sense circuit provides the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventor: Andrej Barbis
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Patent number: 11968553Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor wireless traffic. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: establish, via a first wireless interface, a wireless connection with first network credentials to match second network credentials of a primary access point; monitor traffic via a second wireless interface, the second wireless interface different than the first wireless interface; identify, via the traffic monitored via the second wireless interface, a connection of a client to the primary access point; capture, via an alternate access point, a management frame transmitted from the primary access point to the client; insert a change channel announcement into the captured management frame; and re-transmit, via the first wireless interface, the captured management frame including the change channel announcement.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger, Joze Arh
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Publication number: 20240040473Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to redirect internet clients for media monitoring. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to detect connections between client devices and a first WI-FI connection point, the client devices connected to the first WI-FI connection point via a second WI-FI connection point, when a first number of the connections is less than a second number of possible connections to the first WI-FI connection point, generate an additional connection to the first WI-FI connection point, the additional connection corresponding to at least one of the client devices, and route the client devices to the first WI-FI connection point via the first number of connections and the additional connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
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Publication number: 20230413083Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor wireless traffic. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: establish, via a first wireless interface, a wireless connection with first network credentials to match second network credentials of a primary access point; monitor traffic via a second wireless interface, the second wireless interface different than the first wireless interface; identify, via the traffic monitored via the second wireless interface, a connection of a client to the primary access point; capture, via an alternate access point, a management frame transmitted from the primary access point to the client; insert a change channel announcement into the captured management frame; and re-transmit, via the first wireless interface, the captured management frame including the change channel announcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger, Joze Arh
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Patent number: 11829272Abstract: A disclosed example meter to monitor a media device includes a touch sense circuit including a circuit input and a circuit output, the circuit input to electrically couple with a first power line of the meter and a capacitor, the circuit output to provide a first value based on the capacitor when the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with a second power line of the media device, the circuit output to provide a second value different from the first value when the first power line of the meter is electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device. The disclosed example meter also includes at least one processor to detect the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device when the circuit output of the touch sense circuit provides the first value.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventor: Andrej Barbis
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Patent number: 11812363Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to redirect internet clients for media monitoring. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to detect connections between client devices and a first WI-FI connection point, the client devices connected to the first WI-FI connection point via a second WI-FI connection point, when a first number of the connections is less than a second number of possible connections to the first WI-FI connection point, generate an additional connection to the first WI-FI connection point, the additional connection corresponding to at least one of the client devices, and route the client devices to the first WI-FI connection point via the first number of connections and the additional connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
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Publication number: 20230318720Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to perform a self-test of a wireless networking device. Examples disclosed herein include communication controller circuitry to cause the first WNIC to obtain a plurality of data packets from a second WNIC at a frequency. Examples herein further include signal strength determination circuitry to determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value for an antenna of the first WNIC. Examples herein further include performance determination circuitry to increment a counter associated with the antenna when the RSSI value does not satisfy a first threshold and report an error associated with the antenna to a back office facility when the counter associated with the antenna does not satisfy a second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Marko Usaj, Kristjan Bogdan, Peter Sik, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger
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Patent number: 11716362Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A non-transitory medium comprises instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least determine whether client circuitry has entered a power save mode, in response to a determination that the client circuitry has entered the power save mode, generate an association request for an access point, receive a connection approval frame, and in response to a determination that the access point has sent an acknowledge frame, generate an acknowledge response for the access point.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Marko Usaj, Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis
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Patent number: 11706648Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor wireless traffic. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: establish, via a first wireless interface, a wireless connection with first network credentials to match second network credentials of a primary access point; monitor traffic via a second wireless interface, the second wireless interface different than the first wireless interface; identify, via the traffic monitored via the second wireless interface, a connection of a client to the primary access point; capture, via an alternate access point, a management frame transmitted from the primary access point to the client; insert a change channel announcement into the captured management frame; and re-transmit, via the first wireless interface, the captured management frame including the change channel announcement.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger, Joze Arh
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Publication number: 20230208888Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A non-transitory medium comprises instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least determine whether client circuitry has entered a power save mode, in response to a determination that the client circuitry has entered the power save mode, generate an association request for an access point, receive a connection approval frame, and in response to a determination that the access point has sent an acknowledge frame, generate an acknowledge response for the access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Marko Usaj, Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis
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Patent number: 11683562Abstract: Example invertible metering apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one processor and memory including instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to at least: determine an orientation of a housing; determine if a housing is in a mounting orientation; in response to determining that the housing is not in the mounting orientation, initiate a first alarm; in response to determining that the housing is in the mounting orientation, determine an orientation of a stencil; determine if the stencil is in an upright orientation; in response to determining that stencil is not in the upright orientation, initiate a second alarm; and in response to at least one of the housing being in the mounting orientation or the stencil being in the upright orientation, assign a light pattern to a plurality of lights associated with the stencil.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Timothy Scott Cooper, Saso Vranek, Andrej Barbis
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Patent number: 11668808Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for multimodal audience detection and identification. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a signal strength value selector to select a portion of a set of signal strength values associated with advertising packets from a device associated with a user, the advertising packets captured by a multi-axis receiver on a plurality of different signal polarizations, a signal strength calculator to calculate a first representative signal strength value based on the selected portion of signal strength values, and a presence determiner to determine a presence of the user based on whether the first representative signal strength value satisfies a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Joze Arh, John Stavropoulos
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Publication number: 20230139274Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to redirect internet clients for media monitoring. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to detect connections between client devices and a first WI-FI connection point, the client devices connected to the first WI-FI connection point via a second WI-FI connection point, when a first number of the connections is less than a second number of possible connections to the first WI-FI connection point, generate an additional connection to the first WI-FI connection point, the additional connection corresponding to at least one of the client devices, and route the client devices to the first WI-FI connection point via the first number of connections and the additional connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
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Publication number: 20230125392Abstract: A disclosed example meter to monitor a media device includes a touch sense circuit including a circuit input and a circuit output, the circuit input to electrically couple with a first power line of the meter and a capacitor, the circuit output to provide a first value based on the capacitor when the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with a second power line of the media device, the circuit output to provide a second value different from the first value when the first power line of the meter is electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device. The disclosed example meter also includes at least one processor to detect the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device when the circuit output of the touch sense circuit provides the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: Andrej Barbis
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Patent number: 11564006Abstract: Example levitating meter apparatus are disclosed. An example metering system includes a meter having a display to present indicia associated with a panelist. The meter has a microphone to receive audio output from a media device and circuitry to perform media monitoring. A base includes a cavity to receive at least a portion of the meter. The meter to magnetically levitate relative to the base to decouple the meter from the base. The base and the meter structured to fix a rotational position of the meter relative to the base when the at least the portion of the meter is received by the cavity of the base and the meter levitates relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Andrej Barbis, Joze Arh, Marko Panger, Marko Usaj, Saso Vranek
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Publication number: 20230012802Abstract: Example invertible meter apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example meter to monitor a media device includes a housing defining a cavity and a display area. The display area is separated from the cavity via a wall defining the display area. metering circuitry is positioned in the cavity of the housing. A stencil is to couple to the display area. The display area to be accessible from an exterior of the housing and is structured to removably receive the stencil without accessing the cavity or exposing the metering circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Timothy Scott Cooper, James Joseph Vitt, Douglas Brent Turnbow, Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Saso Vranek
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Patent number: 11546832Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to redirect internet clients for media monitoring. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a wireless communication controller to establish a plurality of connections to a WI-FI router, the plurality of connections corresponding to simulated WI-FI clients, and a client interface to identify a connection of a WI-FI client to the apparatus and route network traffic of the WI-FI client to the WI-FI router via the plurality of connections.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
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Patent number: 11537486Abstract: A disclosed example meter to monitor a media device includes a touch sense circuit including a circuit input and a circuit output, the circuit input to electrically couple with a first power line of the meter and a capacitor, the circuit output to provide a first value based on the capacitor when the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with a second power line of the media device, the circuit output to provide a second value different from the first value when the first power line of the meter is electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device. The disclosed example meter also includes at least one processor to detect the first power line of the meter is not electrically coupled with the second power line of the media device when the circuit output of the touch sense circuit provides the first value.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventor: Andrej Barbis
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Publication number: 20220377646Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to redirect internet clients for media monitoring. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a wireless communication controller to establish a plurality of connections to a WI-FI router, the plurality of connections corresponding to simulated WI-FI clients, and a client interface to identify a connection of a WI-FI client to the apparatus and route network traffic of the WI-FI client to the WI-FI router via the plurality of connections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
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Patent number: 11463769Abstract: Example invertible meter apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example meter to monitor a media device includes a housing having a display and a plurality of walls. Respective ones of the walls are between respective ones of openings such that the openings are isolated from adjacent ones of the openings. A removable stencil includes a plurality of visual indicators, where the visual indicators to align with respective ones of the openings.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Timothy Scott Cooper, James Joseph Vitt, Douglas Brent Turnbow, Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Saso Vranek