Patents by Inventor Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet
Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet 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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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 -
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: 20220358603Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor auditing devices. An example apparatus includes a workload analyzer to obtain alert data related to a potential new product from an auditing device, and a product analyzer to identify a product within the alert data to determine if the product has been previously identified by another auditing device. In response to determining that the product has not been previously identified, the example apparatus includes an alert analyzer to cluster the alert data based on characteristics associated with an auditor profile of the auditing device, and determine a probability of transmitting the alert data to other auditing devices based on the clustered alert data. The example apparatus also includes an alert authorizer to suppress the alert data from being transmitted to the other auditing devices to reduce an amount of network resources required for subsequent processing when the probability does not satisfy a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Kannan Balaji, Pranab Pandey, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Melissa Alexander, Siegfried De Smedt, Ranjit Panda, Jijesh Chandran
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Publication number: 20220272170Abstract: An example method includes accessing a network communication at a database proprietor server, the network communication including one or more audience measurement entity cookie identifiers associated with one or more audience measurement entity cookies, the one or more audience measurement entity cookies from an audience measurement entity server and stored in a client device; generating one or more cookie mappings of the audience measurement entity cookies to respective one or more database proprietor cookies, the one or more database proprietor cookies from the database proprietor server and stored in the client device; and causing transmission of one or more re-direct messages to cause the client device to send the one or more cookie mappings in a batch to the audience measurement entity server, a re-direct message of the one or more re-direct messages including a first database proprietor cookie identifier and a first audience measurement entity cookie identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Amitabh Seth, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet
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Patent number: 11393047Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor auditing devices. An example apparatus includes a workload analyzer to obtain alert data related to a potential new product from an auditing device, and a product analyzer to identify a product within the alert data to determine if the product has been previously identified by another auditing device. In response to determining that the product has not been previously identified, the example apparatus includes an alert analyzer to cluster the alert data based on characteristics associated with an auditor profile of the auditing device, and determine a probability of transmitting the alert data to other auditing devices based on the clustered alert data. The example apparatus also includes an alert authorizer to suppress the alert data from being transmitted to the other auditing devices to reduce an amount of network resources required for subsequent processing when the probability does not satisfy a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: NIELSEN CONSUMER LLCInventors: Kannan Balaji, Pranab Pandey, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Melissa Alexander, Siegfried De Smedt, Ranjit Panda, Jijesh Chandran
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Patent number: 11356521Abstract: Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communications interface; and a web browser to send a first request to an audience measurement entity via the communications interface; and send a second request via the communications interface to cause a database proprietor to send to the audience measurement entity a cookie mapping of an audience measurement entity cookie to a database proprietor cookie corresponding to a client.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Amitabh Seth, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet
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Publication number: 20210390565Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to control auditing devices, comprising a communications interface to transmit first auditing instructions to the auditing devices, a sampling frequency determiner to collect sampling information corresponding to a first number of stores at a first time, a sample size determiner to calculate a second number of stores to sample based on the sampling information, and when a difference between the first number of stores and the second number of stores satisfies a threshold, improve an accuracy in the sampling information by calculating second auditing instructions having an updated sampling frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Kannan Balaji, Srikanth R. Tiyyagura, Praveen Kumar Bala, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet
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Publication number: 20210374776Abstract: Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to enhance market research data collection quality are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory: instructions; and at least one processor to execute the instructions to: aggregate marketing and sales data into a pool of data packets associated with different stores, the data packets including collection information associated with sales of a particular product sold at the corresponding ones of the different stores; classify different ones of the data packets into either an accurate data packet set or an inaccurate data packet set; determine whether to request replacement collection information for a first data packet in the inaccurate data packet set; and in response to a determination to request replacement collection information, cause transmission of a request to a data collector to provide the replacement collection information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Kannan Balaji, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Sedwin Sunny Vadukut
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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 -
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 -
Publication number: 20200184573Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor auditing devices. An example apparatus includes a workload analyzer to obtain alert data related to a potential new product from an auditing device, and a product analyzer to identify a product within the alert data to determine if the product has been previously identified by another auditing device. In response to determining that the product has not been previously identified, the example apparatus includes an alert analyzer to cluster the alert data based on characteristics associated with an auditor profile of the auditing device, and determine a probability of transmitting the alert data to other auditing devices based on the clustered alert data. The example apparatus also includes an alert authorizer to suppress the alert data from being transmitted to the other auditing devices to reduce an amount of network resources required for subsequent processing when the probability does not satisfy a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Kannan Balaji, Pranab Pandey, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Melissa Alexander, Siegfried De Smedt, Ranjit Panda, Jijesh Chandran
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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 -
Publication number: 20200153916Abstract: Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communications interface; and a web browser to send a first request to an audience measurement entity via the communications interface; and send a second request via the communications interface to cause a database proprietor to send to the audience measurement entity a cookie mapping of an audience measurement entity cookie to a database proprietor cookie corresponding to a client.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Amitabh Seth, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet
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Patent number: 10536543Abstract: Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communications interface; and a processor to generate instructions to be included in a web site and to cause the communications interface to provide the instructions to a web server associated with the web site, the instructions to cause a client, upon execution of the instructions, to initiate a process including sending a first request to an audience measurement entity; and sending a second request to cause a database proprietor to send to the audience measurement entity a cookie mapping of an audience measurement entity cookie to a database proprietor cookie corresponding to the client.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Amitabh Seth, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet
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Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Patent number: 10498534Abstract: 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: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS
Publication number: 20190140830Abstract: 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: December 17, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Patent number: 10158488Abstract: An example apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms includes means for collecting first and second identifiers based on use of an application that does not employ cookies, the first identifier identifying at least one of a device or a user of the device to a first database proprietor that stores first user information associated with the first identifier, and the second identifier identifying the at least one of the device or the user of the device to a second database proprietor that stores second user information associated with the second identifier, and means for sending identifiers to: send the first identifier to a first server associated with the first database proprietor, send the second identifier to a second server associated with the second database proprietor, and send to a data collection server at least one of a media identifier indicative of media accessed via the application at the device or a search term used via the application at the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS
Publication number: 20180270062Abstract: An example apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms includes means for collecting first and second identifiers based on use of an application that does not employ cookies, the first identifier identifying at least one of a device or a user of the device to a first database proprietor that stores first user information associated with the first identifier, and the second identifier identifying the at least one of the device or the user of the device to a second database proprietor that stores second user information associated with the second identifier, and means for sending identifiers to: send the first identifier to a first server associated with the first database proprietor, send the second identifier to a second server associated with the second database proprietor, and send to a data collection server at least one of a media identifier indicative of media accessed via the application at the device or a search term used via the application at the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Publication number: 20180255151Abstract: Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communications interface; and a processor to generate instructions to be included in a web site and to cause the communications interface to provide the instructions to a web server associated with the web site, the instructions to cause a client, upon execution of the instructions, to initiate a process including sending a first request to an audience measurement entity; and sending a second request to cause a database proprietor to send to the audience measurement entity a cookie mapping of an audience measurement entity cookie to a database proprietor cookie corresponding to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Amitabh Seth, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet
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Patent number: 10027773Abstract: Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, at a database proprietor, a first request from a client device, the first request including an audience measurement entity cookie identifier of an audience measurement entity cookie; and determining, with a processor of the database proprietor, a cookie mapping of the audience measurement entity cookie to a database proprietor cookie that is assigned by the database proprietor and associated with the client device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: The Nielson Company (US), LLCInventors: Amitabh Seth, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet