Patents by Inventor Alan N. Bosworth
Alan N. Bosworth 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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Patent number: 11917270Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Publication number: 20230336638Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least receive demographic information from a user, transmit the demographic information to a central facility, cause storage of a consent identifier in a pasteboard of the media device, the consent identifier accessible to a first instrumented application and a second instrumented application executed in a sandbox environment, the consent identifier to indicate to the first instrumented application and the second instrumented application that monitoring is allowed, access the consent identifier from the pasteboard, present media, generate monitoring information if the consent identifier permits collection of monitoring information, not generate monitoring information if the consent identifier does not permit the collection of the monitoring information, and transmit the monitoring information to the central facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS
Publication number: 20230274029Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Patent number: 11736583Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least receive demographic information from a user, transmit the demographic information to a central facility, cause storage of a consent identifier in a pasteboard of the media device, the consent identifier accessible to a first instrumented application and a second instrumented application executed in a sandbox environment, the consent identifier to indicate to the first instrumented application and the second instrumented application that monitoring is allowed, access the consent identifier from the pasteboard, present media, generate monitoring information if the consent identifier permits collection of monitoring information, not generate monitoring information if the consent identifier does not permit the collection of the monitoring information, and transmit the monitoring information to the central facility.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor
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Publication number: 20230109728Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Patent number: 11627059Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to coordinate receipt of monitoring information. An example method includes, performing a lookup using a session identifier of a monitoring message received at a load balancer, the session identifier including an impression processor identifier, the monitoring message requesting an update to a session, determining whether a difference between a time of last activity of the session and a time of receipt of the received message exceeds a threshold duration, and in response to determining that the difference does not exceed the threshold duration, updating the time of last activity of the session to the time of receipt of the received message, and routing the received message to the impression processor, the impression processor to credit a media presentation identified in a payload of the received message.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Kevin K. Gaynor, Daniel J. Krotov, Jan Besehanic
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Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Patent number: 11562098Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Publication number: 20220368774Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least receive demographic information from a user, transmit the demographic information to a central facility, cause storage of a consent identifier in a pasteboard of the media device, the consent identifier accessible to a first instrumented application and a second instrumented application executed in a sandbox environment, the consent identifier to indicate to the first instrumented application and the second instrumented application that monitoring is allowed, access the consent identifier from the pasteboard, present media, generate monitoring information if the consent identifier permits collection of monitoring information, not generate monitoring information if the consent identifier does not permit the collection of the monitoring information, and transmit the monitoring information to the central facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor
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Patent number: 11477543Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Patent number: 11431814Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least receive demographic information from a user, transmit the demographic information to a central facility, cause storage of a consent identifier in a pasteboard of the media device, the consent identifier accessible to a first instrumented application and a second instrumented application executed in a sandbox environment, the consent identifier to indicate to the first instrumented application and the second instrumented application that monitoring is allowed, access the consent identifier from the pasteboard, present media, generate monitoring information if the consent identifier permits collection of monitoring information, not generate monitoring information if the consent identifier does not permit the collection of the monitoring information, and transmit the monitoring information to the central facility.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor
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Publication number: 20210266371Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least receive demographic information from a user, transmit the demographic information to a central facility, cause storage of a consent identifier in a pasteboard of the media device, the consent identifier accessible to a first instrumented application and a second instrumented application executed in a sandbox environment, the consent identifier to indicate to the first instrumented application and the second instrumented application that monitoring is allowed, access the consent identifier from the pasteboard, present media, generate monitoring information if the consent identifier permits collection of monitoring information, not generate monitoring information if the consent identifier does not permit the collection of the monitoring information, and transmit the monitoring information to the central facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS
Publication number: 20210182427Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Patent number: 11019163Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for collecting demographic information from a user with a registrar of a media device, means for transmitting the demographic information to a central facility from the registrar, and means for storing a panelist identifier identifying the user in a shared memory of the media device, the panelist identifier accessible to a first monitoring-enabled application and a second monitoring-enabled application separate from the registrar, the panelist identifier to be retrieved by the first monitoring-enabled application, the first monitoring-enabled application to present media, the first monitoring-enabled application to collect monitoring information if the panelist identifier is in the shared memory and to disable collection of media monitoring information if the panelist identifier is not in the shared memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor
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Publication number: 20200404397Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Patent number: 10846430Abstract: An example method includes receiving a media identifier and a first impression identifier from a media device, the media identifier being indicative of media presented at the media device, receiving the first impression identifier in association with first user information from a first database proprietor as a result of the first database proprietor obtaining a first identifier encrypted with a first encryption key by the media device, and receiving a second impression identifier in association with second user information from a second database proprietor as a result of the second database proprietor obtaining a second identifier encrypted with a second encryption key. The example method further includes identifying the first user information as associated with a user based on the first impression identifier, identifying the second user information as not associated with the user based on the second impression identifier and discarding the second user information.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Patent number: 10771864Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a media identifier to determine a first media identifier and a first timestamp based on media monitoring information obtained from a content publisher, the first media identifier and the first timestamp from the content publisher, the first media identifier to identify media accessed by a media device, map the first media identifier and the first timestamp to a second media identifier and a second timestamp in a look-up table, the second media identifier and the second timestamp generated by an AME media analyzer before the media device accessed the media, and credit access of the media to the media device based on the mapping, and a report generator to generate a media crediting report based on the crediting.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Publication number: 20200236182Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for collecting demographic information from a user with a registrar of a media device, means for transmitting the demographic information to a central facility from the registrar, and means for storing a panelist identifier identifying the user in a shared memory of the media device, the panelist identifier accessible to a first monitoring-enabled application and a second monitoring-enabled application separate from the registrar, the panelist identifier to be retrieved by the first monitoring-enabled application, the first monitoring-enabled application to present media, the first monitoring-enabled application to collect monitoring information if the panelist identifier is in the shared memory and to disable collection of media monitoring information if the panelist identifier is not in the shared memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor
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Publication number: 20200236014Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to coordinate receipt of monitoring information. An example method includes, performing a lookup using a session identifier of a monitoring message received at a load balancer, the session identifier including an impression processor identifier, the monitoring message requesting an update to a session, determining whether a difference between a time of last activity of the session and a time of receipt of the received message exceeds a threshold duration, and in response to determining that the difference does not exceed the threshold duration, updating the time of last activity of the session to the time of receipt of the received message, and routing the received message to the impression processor, the impression processor to credit a media presentation identified in a payload of the received message.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Kevin K. Gaynor, Daniel J. Krotov, Jan Besehanic
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS
Publication number: 20200169404Abstract: An example method includes receiving a media identifier and a first impression identifier from a media device, the media identifier being indicative of media presented at the media device, receiving the first impression identifier in association with first user information from a first database proprietor as a result of the first database proprietor obtaining a first identifier encrypted with a first encryption key by the media device, and receiving a second impression identifier in association with second user information from a second database proprietor as a result of the second database proprietor obtaining a second identifier encrypted with a second encryption key. The example method further includes identifying the first user information as associated with a user based on the first impression identifier, identifying the second user information as not associated with the user based on the second impression identifier and discarding the second user information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Patent number: 10623511Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media presentations are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a registrar, implemented by a processor, to receive demographic information from a user, to transmit the demographic information to a central facility, and to store a consent identifier in a pasteboard of the media device, the consent identifier accessible to a first instrumented application and a second instrumented application executed in a sandbox environment, the consent identifier to indicate to the first instrumented application and the second instrumented application that monitoring is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Albert T. Borawski, Scott Cooper, Kevin K. Gaynor