Patents by Inventor Paul Donato

Paul Donato 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: 20140358676
    Abstract: Examples to determine media impressions are disclosed. An example method includes determining an exposure of first media, wherein the exposure occurs after a cookie identifier is received at a computing device, wherein the cookie identifier is received from a database proprietor, determining a first panelist identifier associated with the exposure based on the cookie identifier, determining a second panelist identifier associated with the exposure based on a determination of a user identity by a panelist meter associated with the computing device, determining an adjustment factor by comparing the first panelist identifier and the second panelist identifier, determining a number of impressions of second media from data logged by the database proprietor, the data logged in response to requests transmitted to the database proprietor in response to clients accessing the second media, and applying the adjustment factor to the number of impressions to determine an adjusted number of impressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Seema Varma Srivastava, James R. Oliver, Paul Donato, Mainak Mazumdar, Juliette Aurisset, Kumar Nagaraja Rao, Albert R. Perez, Josh Gaunt, Yutao Peng
  • Publication number: 20140324544
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to determine demographic distributions of online users is disclosed. An example method includes obtaining first demographic information of first visitors to a first web site, obtaining second demographic information of second visitors to a second web site, the first and second visitors both comprising a same user, and determining a demographic distribution of the user based on the first and second demographic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Donato, David Wong, Michael Sheppard, Alex Terrazas, Matt Reid
  • Publication number: 20140270355
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to estimate demography based on aerial images are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing a first aerial image of a first geographic area to detect a first plurality of objects, and estimating a demographic characteristic of the first geographic area based on the first plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Alex Terrazas, Michael Himmelfarb, David Miller, Paul Donato
  • Publication number: 20140229961
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to count audience members are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first viewing count of a number of times that a first person was historically logged in to a measurement apparatus during a day part; determining a second viewing count of a number of times that a second person was historically logged in to the measurement apparatus during the day part; determining, using a processor, a first probability that the first person is in a current audience based on the first viewing count and the second viewing count; and when the first probability satisfies a probability threshold, prompting the audience to enter user identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Paul Donato
  • Patent number: 8739194
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to count audience members are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a first audience member present at a first time, incrementing a stored first count of a number of times the first audience member is present during a day part corresponding to the first time, incrementing a stored tuning occasion count, identifying a second audience member present at a second time, incrementing a stored second count of a number of times the second audience member is present during the day part, incrementing the stored tuning occasion count, determining a probability that an unidentified audience member is the first audience member based on the first count, the second count, and the tuning occasion count, and counting the first audience member based on a comparison of the probability to a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Paul Donato
  • Publication number: 20130226666
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to sample markets based on aerial images are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a first geographic area to be sampled for a first product, the identifying being based on an aerial image, estimating a density of the first product in the first geographic area, and calculating a sampling rule to be used in sampling the first geographic area for the first product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Alex Terrazas, Paul Donato
  • Publication number: 20130226667
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to analyze market channels based on aerial images are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Alex Terrazas, David Miller, Paul Donato
  • Publication number: 20130145022
    Abstract: Examples to determine media impressions are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a cookie identifier established by a database proprietor at a computing device, determining an impression of media, wherein the impression occurs after the cookie identifier is established, determining a first panelist identifier associated with the impression based on the cookie identifier, determining a second panelist identifier associated with the impression based on determination of a user identity by a panelist meter associated with the computing device, and storing an adjustment factor determined by comparing the first panelist identifier and the second panelist identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Seema Varma Srivastava, James R. Oliver, Paul Donato, Mainak Mazumdar, Juliette Aurisset, Kumar Nagaraja Rao, Albert R. Perez, Josh Gaunt, Yutao Peng
  • Publication number: 20120324496
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to count audience members are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a first audience member present at a first time, incrementing a stored first count of a number of times the first audience member is present during a day part corresponding to the first time, incrementing a stored tuning occasion count, identifying a second audience member present at a second time, incrementing a stored second count of a number of times the second audience member is present during the day part, incrementing the stored tuning occasion count, determining a probability that an unidentified audience member is the first audience member based on the first count, the second count, and the tuning occasion count, and counting the first audience member based on a comparison of the probability to a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Paul Donato
  • Patent number: 8091100
    Abstract: An audience measurement system determines the likelihood that an audience member is in the audience of a receiver during a particular day part. If the audience member is not likely to be in the audience of the receiver during that day part, the audience member is prompted to enter an audience member identification. On the other hand, if the audience member is likely to be in the audience of the receiver during that day part, prompting of the audience member to enter an audience member identification is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Paul Donato
  • Publication number: 20020198762
    Abstract: An audience measurement system determines the likelihood that an audience member is in the audience of a receiver during a particular day part. If the audience member is not likely to be in the audience of the receiver during that day part, the audience member is prompted to enter an audience member identification. On the other hand, if the audience member is likely to be in the audience of the receiver during that day part, prompting of the audience member to enter an audience member identification is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Paul Donato