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).

  • Publication number: 20240168856
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Andrej Barbis
  • Patent number: 11968553
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger, Joze Arh
  • Publication number: 20240040473
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
  • Publication number: 20230413083
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger, Joze Arh
  • Patent number: 11829272
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Andrej Barbis
  • Patent number: 11812363
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
  • Publication number: 20230318720
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Marko Usaj, Kristjan Bogdan, Peter Sik, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger
  • Patent number: 11716362
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Usaj, Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis
  • Patent number: 11706648
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Marko Panger, Joze Arh
  • Publication number: 20230208888
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Marko Usaj, Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis
  • Patent number: 11683562
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Cooper, Saso Vranek, Andrej Barbis
  • Patent number: 11668808
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Joze Arh, John Stavropoulos
  • Publication number: 20230139274
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
  • Publication number: 20230125392
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Andrej Barbis
  • Patent number: 11564006
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Andrej Barbis, Joze Arh, Marko Panger, Marko Usaj, Saso Vranek
  • Publication number: 20230012802
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Cooper, James Joseph Vitt, Douglas Brent Turnbow, Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Saso Vranek
  • Patent number: 11546832
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
  • Patent number: 11537486
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventor: Andrej Barbis
  • Publication number: 20220377646
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Andrej Barbis, Marko Usaj, Joseph Kerkes, Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri
  • Patent number: 11463769
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Cooper, James Joseph Vitt, Douglas Brent Turnbow, Marko Usaj, Andrej Barbis, Saso Vranek