Patents by Inventor Choongkoo Lee

Choongkoo Lee 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: 20240064374
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least: identify a candidate household from a plurality of second households to associate with a first household based on an analysis of a first duration of time first media was presented by a first media presentation device and a second duration of time second media was presented by second media presentation devices; match different ones of first panelists of the first household with matching ones of second panelists of the candidate household; and impute respective portions of the first duration of time to the different ones of the first panelists based on portions of the second duration of time for which the matching ones of the second panelists of the candidate household were exposed to the second media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Patent number: 11785301
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least: identify a candidate household from a plurality of second households to associate with a first household based on an analysis of a first duration of time first media was presented by a first media presentation device and a second duration of time second media was presented by second media presentation devices; match different ones of first panelists of the first household with matching ones of second panelists of the candidate household; and impute respective portions of the first duration of time to the different ones of the first panelists based on portions of the second duration of time for which the matching ones of the second panelists of the candidate household were exposed to the second media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Publication number: 20230319332
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to facilitate analysis and adjustment of demographic information for monitored audience members are disclosed. Disclosed example methods include receiving a data set including media exposure data and associated data from at least one of a panelist database and a user account database. Disclosed example methods include measuring the data set to determine a probability distribution of user age in the data set according to a first model. Disclosed example methods include comparing the probability distribution of user age to a threshold. Disclosed example methods include adjusting, based on the comparison of the probability distribution of user age to the threshold, the probability distribution to an adjusted probability distribution by replacing the probability distribution with a degenerate distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11727148
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20230084902
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least: identify a candidate household from a plurality of second households to associate with a first household based on an analysis of a first duration of time first media was presented by a first media presentation device and a second duration of time second media was presented by second media presentation devices; match different ones of first panelists of the first household with matching ones of second panelists of the candidate household; and impute respective portions of the first duration of time to the different ones of the first panelists based on portions of the second duration of time for which the matching ones of the second panelists of the candidate household were exposed to the second media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Patent number: 11516543
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes memory, and a processor to execute instructions to: determine first probabilities for first panelists in a first household based on a first number of minutes of first media presented by a first media presentation device monitored by a first meter, determine second probabilities for second panelists in a plurality of second households based on a second number of minutes of second media presented by second media presentation devices monitored by a plurality of second meters, compare the first probabilities and the second probabilities to identify a candidate household from the plurality of second households to associated with the first household, and impute respective portions of the first number of minutes to corresponding ones of the first panelists when monitored behavior of the candidate household matches monitored behavior of the first household.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Publication number: 20220269821
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11341272
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. An example disclosed apparatus disclosed herein includes a database proprietor identifier (DPID) extractor to extract a panelist database proprietor identifier from a cookie, the panelist database proprietor identifier associated with credentials used by a panelist to access a website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20200382837
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes memory, and a processor to execute instructions to: determine first probabilities for first panelists in a first household based on a first number of minutes of first media presented by a first media presentation device monitored by a first meter, determine second probabilities for second panelists in a plurality of second households based on a second number of minutes of second media presented by second media presentation devices monitored by a plurality of second meters, compare the first probabilities and the second probabilities to identify a candidate household from the plurality of second households to associated with the first household, and impute respective portions of the first number of minutes to corresponding ones of the first panelists when monitored behavior of the candidate household matches monitored behavior of the first household.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Publication number: 20200372181
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. An example disclosed apparatus disclosed herein includes a database proprietor identifier (DPID) extractor to extract a panelist database proprietor identifier from a cookie, the panelist database proprietor identifier associated with credentials used by a panelist to access a website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10757480
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes memory to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to at least: determine first probabilities for first panelists in a media meter household during a first set of time periods, determine second probabilities for second panelists in a plurality of learning households during a second set of time periods, compare the first probabilities and the second probabilities to identify a candidate household from the plurality of learning households to associated with the media meter household, and impute ones of the first number of minutes to individual ones of the first panelists when second panelist behavior data associated with the candidate household indicates activity during one of the second set of time periods that matches activity in the media meter household during one of the first set of time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Patent number: 10691831
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. An example disclosed method includes generating decoy database proprietor identifiers to protect privacies of members of panelist households corresponding to panelist database proprietor identifiers, the decoy database proprietor identifiers to be determined based on a probability density function so that a quantity of the decoy database proprietor identifiers is less than would be used if the decoy database proprietor identifiers were selected by a random selection process. The example method also includes querying a server at a database proprietor using the panelist database proprietor identifiers and the decoy database proprietor identifiers, to obtain demographic information and assigning, by executing an instruction with a processor, the panelist database proprietor identifiers to panelists in the panelist households based on the demographic information obtained from the server at the database proprietor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielson Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190228184
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. An example disclosed method includes generating decoy database proprietor identifiers to protect privacies of members of panelist households corresponding to panelist database proprietor identifiers, the decoy database proprietor identifiers to be determined based on a probability density function so that a quantity of the decoy database proprietor identifiers is less than would be used if the decoy database proprietor identifiers were selected by a random selection process. The example method also includes querying a server at a database proprietor using the panelist database proprietor identifiers and the decoy database proprietor identifiers, to obtain demographic information and assigning, by executing an instruction with a processor, the panelist database proprietor identifiers to panelists in the panelist households based on the demographic information obtained from the server at the database proprietor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190158921
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes memory to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to at least: determine first probabilities for first panelists in a media meter household during a first set of time periods, determine second probabilities for second panelists in a plurality of learning households during a second set of time periods, compare the first probabilities and the second probabilities to identify a candidate household from the plurality of learning households to associated with the media meter household, and impute ones of the first number of minutes to individual ones of the first panelists when second panelist behavior data associated with the candidate household indicates activity during one of the second set of time periods that matches activity in the media meter household during one of the first set of time periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Patent number: 10248811
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. Example disclosed apparatus include a decoy generator to generate decoy database proprietor identifiers to protect privacies of members of panelist households corresponding to panelist database proprietor identifiers, the decoy database proprietor identifiers to be determined by the decoy generator based on a probability density function so that a quantity of the decoy database proprietor identifiers is less than would be used if the decoy database proprietor identifiers were selected by a random selection process. The example apparatus also includes a query handler to query, via a network, a server at a database proprietor using the panelist database proprietor identifiers and the decoy database proprietor identifiers, to obtain demographic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Neilson Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Patent number: 10219039
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to assign viewers to media meter data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Publication number: 20180129825
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. Example disclosed apparatus include a decoy generator to generate decoy database proprietor identifiers to protect privacies of members of panelist households corresponding to panelist database proprietor identifiers, the decoy database proprietor identifiers to be determined by the decoy generator based on a probability density function so that a quantity of the decoy database proprietor identifiers is less than would be used if the decoy database proprietor identifiers were selected by a random selection process. The example apparatus also includes a query handler to query, via a network, a server at a database proprietor using the panelist database proprietor identifiers and the decoy database proprietor identifiers, to obtain demographic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9870486
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. Example disclosed methods include generating decoy database proprietor identifiers based on probability density functions. The example method also include querying a database proprietor using panelist database proprietor identifiers and the decoy database proprietor identifiers to obtain demographic information associated with the panelist database proprietor identifiers. The example method also include assigning the panelist database proprietor identifiers to panelists based on the demographic information obtained from the database proprietor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20170011420
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to facilitate analysis and adjustment of demographic information for monitored audience members are disclosed. Disclosed example methods include receiving a data set including media exposure data and associated data from at least one of a panelist database and a user account database. Disclosed example methods include measuring the data set to determine a probability distribution of user age in the data set according to a first model. Disclosed example methods include comparing the probability distribution of user age to a threshold. Disclosed example methods include adjusting, based on the comparison of the probability distribution of user age to the threshold, the probability distribution to an adjusted probability distribution by replacing the probability distribution with a degenerate distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, ChoongKoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20160350556
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to assign demographic information to panelists are disclosed. Example disclosed methods include generating decoy database proprietor identifiers based on probability density functions. The example method also include querying a database proprietor using panelist database proprietor identifiers and the decoy database proprietor identifiers to obtain demographic information associated with the panelist database proprietor identifiers. The example method also include assigning the panelist database proprietor identifiers to panelists based on the demographic information obtained from the database proprietor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Sullivan, Shelli Kashriel, Michelle Christian, ChoongKoo Lee