Patents by Inventor Christian Mendez Gouveia

Christian Mendez Gouveia 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: 9471893
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to audit products in stores. An example method includes receiving, at a collection entity, a first request from a first entity to audit a first product, the first request including a first instruction to determine information about a second product that competes with the first product, in response to the first request, assigning a first auditor to audit the first product and to record the information about the second product, receiving, at the collection entity, a second request from a second entity to audit a third product, determining that the second request includes a second instruction to determine information about the second product identified in the first request, and in response to the second request, assigning a second auditor to audit the third product without including a further instruction to record the information about the second product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Veronique Briet, Erica Bravo Garcia, Christian Mendez Gouveia
  • Publication number: 20140379535
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to audit products in stores. An example method includes receiving, at a collection entity, a first request from a first entity to audit a first product, the first request including a first instruction to determine information about a second product that competes with the first product, in response to the first request, assigning a first auditor to audit the first product and to record the information about the second product, receiving, at the collection entity, a second request from a second entity to audit a third product, determining that the second request includes a second instruction to determine information about the second product identified in the first request, and in response to the second request, assigning a second auditor to audit the third product without including a further instruction to record the information about the second product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Veronique Briet, Erica Bravo Garcia, Christian Mendez Gouveia