Patents by Inventor Brian Fuhrer

Brian Fuhrer 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).

  • Patent number: 11968415
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that determine a penetration and a churn of a streaming service. Example apparatus disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to instantiate at least interval determination circuitry to determine an interval between the first tuning event and the second tuning event, the first and second tuning events corresponding to streaming of media in a first household using the streaming service via a media device, characterization circuitry to characterize a status of the first household as subscribed when the interval satisfies a threshold, aggregation circuitry to aggregate statuses of households over a time period, the households including the first household, and penetration determination circuitry to generate first analytical data based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of households at a timestamp, the timestamp within the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Kevin J. Rini, Jill J. Jones
  • Publication number: 20240129566
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that determine a penetration and a churn of a streaming service. Example apparatus disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to instantiate at least interval determination circuitry to determine an interval between the first tuning event and the second tuning event, the first and second tuning events corresponding to streaming of media in a first household using the streaming service via a media device, characterization circuitry to characterize a status of the first household as subscribed when the interval satisfies a threshold, aggregation circuitry to aggregate statuses of households over a time period, the households including the first household, and penetration determination circuitry to generate first analytical data based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of households at a timestamp, the timestamp within the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Kevin J. Rini, Jill J. Jones
  • Patent number: 11928707
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for pre-scaling media content to facilitate audience measurement are disclosed. An example method includes encoding a media content sample in accordance with a first encoding configuration and playing the encoded sample. The example method also includes attempting to detect the codes in the sample, and computing a ratio between the codes encoded in the sample and the codes detected when the sample is played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Morris Lee, Alexander Topchy
  • Patent number: 11910069
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Publication number: 20240013238
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify users associated with device application usage. A disclosed example method involves obtaining demographics of persons to participate in a panel for an audience research study, identifying a set of applications to be monitored, providing devices associated with the persons in the panel with a meter to record usage of the applications and with a user-to-application associator, the user-to-application associator to define associations between the applications to be monitored and the persons associate with the device before the applications are launched, receiving data from a first one of the devices identifying a first one of the persons as a primary user of a first one of the applications in the set of applications, receiving data from the first device identifying usage of the first application, and associating the demographics of the first person with the usage of the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Albert T. Borawski, Joseph W. Brewer, Brian Fuhrer
  • Patent number: 11798011
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify users associated with device application usage. A disclosed example method involves obtaining demographics of persons to participate in a panel for an audience research study, identifying a set of applications to be monitored, providing devices associated with the persons in the panel with a meter to record usage of the applications and with a user-to-application associator, the user-to-application associator to define associations between the applications to be monitored and the persons associate with the device before the applications are launched, receiving data from a first one of the devices identifying a first one of the persons as a primary user of a first one of the applications in the set of applications, receiving data from the first device identifying usage of the first application, and associating the demographics of the first person with the usage of the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Albert T. Borawski, Joseph W. Brewer, Brian Fuhrer
  • Publication number: 20230247255
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to identify media sources are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an exclusivity determiner, a unique asset identifier, and a signature matcher. The exclusivity determiner is to determine whether media is exclusive to a provider. The unique asset identifier is to associate a first signature of the media with the provider if the media is exclusive to the provider. The signature matcher is to identify the provider based on a second signature, the second signature matching the first signature, the second signature extracted from media presented at a media presentation location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, Jason Olmsted, James Petro, Albert T. Borawski, Brian Fuhrer
  • Publication number: 20230177559
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for pre-scaling media content to facilitate audience measurement are disclosed. An example method includes encoding a media content sample in accordance with a first encoding configuration and playing the encoded sample. The example method also includes attempting to detect the codes in the sample, and computing a ratio between the codes encoded in the sample and the codes detected when the sample is played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Morris Lee, Alexander Topchy
  • Patent number: 11568439
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for pre-scaling media content to facilitate audience measurement are disclosed. An example method includes encoding a media content sample in accordance with a first encoding configuration and playing the encoded sample. The example method also includes attempting to detect the codes in the sample, and computing a ratio between the codes encoded in the sample and the codes detected when the sample is played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Morris Lee, Alexander Topchy
  • Patent number: 11558661
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to identify media sources are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an exclusivity determiner, a unique asset identifier, and a signature matcher. The exclusivity determiner is to determine whether media is exclusive to a provider. The unique asset identifier is to associate a first signature of the media with the provider if the media is exclusive to the provider. The signature matcher is to identify the provider based on a second signature, the second signature matching the first signature, the second signature extracted from media presented at a media presentation location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, Jason Olmsted, James Petro, Albert T. Borawski, Brian Fuhrer
  • Publication number: 20220394357
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Patent number: 11336970
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Publication number: 20210219029
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Publication number: 20210192562
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for pre-scaling media content to facilitate audience measurement are disclosed. An example method includes encoding a media content sample in accordance with a first encoding configuration and playing the encoded sample. The example method also includes attempting to detect the codes in the sample, and computing a ratio between the codes encoded in the sample and the codes detected when the sample is played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Morris Lee, Alexander Topchy
  • Publication number: 20210176526
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to identify media sources are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an exclusivity determiner, a unique asset identifier, and a signature matcher. The exclusivity determiner is to determine whether media is exclusive to a provider. The unique asset identifier is to associate a first signature of the media with the provider if the media is exclusive to the provider. The signature matcher is to identify the provider based on a second signature, the second signature matching the first signature, the second signature extracted from media presented at a media presentation location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, Jason Olmsted, James Petro, Albert T. Borawski, Brian Fuhrer
  • Publication number: 20210158379
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify users associated with device application usage. A disclosed example method involves obtaining demographics of persons to participate in a panel for an audience research study, identifying a set of applications to be monitored, providing devices associated with the persons in the panel with a meter to record usage of the applications and with a user-to-application associator, the user-to-application associator to define associations between the applications to be monitored and the persons associate with the device before the applications are launched, receiving data from a first one of the devices identifying a first one of the persons as a primary user of a first one of the applications in the set of applications, receiving data from the first device identifying usage of the first application, and associating the demographics of the first person with the usage of the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Albert T. Borawski, Joseph W. Brewer, Brian Fuhrer
  • Patent number: 10932001
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to identify media sources are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an exclusivity determiner, a unique asset identifier, and a signature matcher. The exclusivity determiner is to determine whether media is exclusive to a provider. The unique asset identifier is to associate a first signature of the media with the provider if the media is exclusive to the provider. The signature matcher is to identify the provider based on a second signature, the second signature matching the first signature, the second signature extracted from media presented at a media presentation location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, Jason Olmsted, James Petro, Albert T. Borawski, Brian Fuhrer
  • Patent number: 10909551
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify users associated with device application usage. A disclosed example method involves obtaining demographics of persons to participate in a panel for an audience research study, identifying a set of applications to be monitored, providing devices associated with the persons in the panel with a meter to record usage of the applications and with a user-to-application associator, the user-to-application associator to define associations between the applications to be monitored and the persons associate with the device before the applications are launched, receiving data from a first one of the devices identifying a first one of the persons as a primary user of a first one of the applications in the set of applications, receiving data from the first device identifying usage of the first application, and associating the demographics of the first person with the usage of the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Albert T. Borawski, Joseph W. Brewer, Brian Fuhrer
  • Patent number: 10885543
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for pre-scaling media content to facilitate audience measurement are disclosed. An example method includes encoding a media content sample in accordance with a first encoding configuration and playing the encoded sample. The example method also includes attempting to detect the codes in the sample, and computing a ratio between the codes encoded in the sample and the codes detected when the sample is played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Morris Lee, Alexander Topchy
  • Publication number: 20180278991
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to identify media sources are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an exclusivity determiner, a unique asset identifier, and a signature matcher. The exclusivity determiner is to determine whether media is exclusive to a provider. The unique asset identifier is to associate a first signature of the media with the provider if the media is exclusive to the provider. The signature matcher is to identify the provider based on a second signature, the second signature matching the first signature, the second signature extracted from media presented at a media presentation location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, Jason Olmsted, James Petro, Albert T. Borawski, Brian Fuhrer