Patents by Inventor Chad A. Hage

Chad A. Hage 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: 9906835
    Abstract: Systems and methods to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes comparing signature data representative of media to recurring segment reference signatures in a signature database. The recurring segment reference signatures are representative of segments of media recurring in multiple different episodes of a same media series. The example method further includes, when the signature data matches one of the recurring segment reference signatures, generating identifying information for the media indicating the media as corresponding to an episode of the media series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Chad A. Hage
  • Publication number: 20170076316
    Abstract: A disclosed example method to group advertisements by advertisement campaign involves determining a first color proportion of a first color and a second color proportion of a second color in a first advertisement. The example method involves comparing first and second color proportions of the first advertisement to a third color proportion and a fourth color proportion of a second advertisement. The example method also involves associating the second advertisement with a same advertisement campaign of the first advertisement when a comparison between the first color proportion and the third color proportion satisfies a first threshold and a comparison between the second color proportion and the fourth color proportion satisfies a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Chad A. Hage, Ayaz Hemani
  • Publication number: 20170019708
    Abstract: Systems and methods to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes comparing signature data representative of media to recurring segment reference signatures in a signature database. The recurring segment reference signatures are representative of segments of media recurring in multiple different episodes of a same media series. The example method further includes, when the signature data matches one of the recurring segment reference signatures, generating identifying information for the media indicating the media as corresponding to an episode of the media series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Chad A. Hage
  • Patent number: 9497505
    Abstract: Systems and methods to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes comparing signature data representative of media to recurring segment reference signatures in a signature database. The recurring segment reference signatures are representative of segments of media recurring in multiple different episodes of a same media series. The example method further includes, when the signature data matches one of the recurring segment reference signatures, generating identifying information for the media indicating the media as corresponding to an episode of the media series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Chad A. Hage
  • Publication number: 20160277523
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to supplement web crawling with cached data from distributed devices are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a first webpage. Accessing a set of cached webpages cached in a panelist device. When the first webpage is in the set of cached webpages: identifying a first language setting used by the panelist device when the first webpage was accessed. Transmitting a first number of requests for the first webpage, respective ones of the requests in the first number identifying different language settings. The requests in the first number of requests skipping the first language setting used by the panelist device when the first webpage was accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Chad Hage
  • Patent number: 9355176
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to supplement web crawling with cached data from distributed devices are disclosed. An example method includes accessing a first set of websites cached in a panelist device; comparing the first set of websites to a second set of websites to be analyzed by a crawler; and retrieving with the crawler a first website included in the second set of websites but not included in the first set of websites from a server associated with the first website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Chad Hage
  • Publication number: 20160125440
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify publisher advertising behavior. An example disclosed method includes initiating a first probing effort of an Internet publisher of interest to establish a baseline advertising ratio for a plurality of advertisers, determining a first advertising deviation based on a difference between the baseline advertising and a local advertising associated with a first geography of interest, and establishing a first probing frequency for the first geography of interest based on the first advertising deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Chad A. Hage
  • Publication number: 20160119672
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify media using image recognition. An example method to identify media includes capturing an image of a media presentation device in response to an input selection to a user control device, the input selection to cause the user control device to control the media presentation device. The example method also includes, in response to identifying an area of interest in the image, generating media identifying information representative of the media based on the identified area of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Rafael Eduardo Alonso, Mikhail Alperovich, Chad A. Hage
  • Publication number: 20160094877
    Abstract: Systems and methods to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes comparing signature data representative of media to recurring segment reference signatures in a signature database. The recurring segment reference signatures are representative of segments of media recurring in multiple different episodes of a same media series. The example method further includes, when the signature data matches one of the recurring segment reference signatures, generating identifying information for the media indicating the media as corresponding to an episode of the media series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ronan Heffernan, Chad A. Hage
  • Publication number: 20140281980
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify a type of media presented by a media player application. An example method includes determining if a media application control is selectable when media is presented by the media player application; and determining whether the media presented includes a specified type of media in response to determining if the media application control is selectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Chad A. Hage
  • Publication number: 20140280009
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to supplement web crawling with cached data from distributed devices are disclosed. An example method includes accessing a first set of websites cached in a panelist device; comparing the first set of websites to a second set of websites to be analyzed by a crawler; and retrieving with the crawler a first website included in the second set of websites but not included in the first set of websites from a server associated with the first website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Chad Hage