Patents by Inventor David Howell

David Howell 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).

  • Publication number: 20250068498
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and managing incidents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting an incident includes receiving issue data created for an issue tracking system; analyzing the received issue data over a predetermined interval; determining whether a potential incident has occurred based on the analysis; upon determining that a potential incident has occurred, creating an incident management assistant program; identifying one or more relevant users to communicate an alert to; and communicating the alert to the identified relevant users, the alert including a pointer to the incident management program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew David Hunter, Matthew Craig Saxby, Michael David Howells
  • Publication number: 20240422207
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to accurately credit streaming sessions are disclosed. A meter device records streaming session information. Cluster creation circuitry trains a model by grouping information from multiple streaming sessions into clusters, wherein all streaming sessions within a given cluster have matching media and streaming sources. Model executor circuitry assigns incoming streaming session information to a cluster or to noise. Cluster creation circuitry edits the model by creating new clusters out of information from multiple streaming sessions with similar attributes that were originally labeled as noise. By only crediting streaming session information assigned to a cluster, the disclosed system avoids crediting illogical streaming session information, such as the crediting of media to a streaming source that does not offer said media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, James Petro, Shruthi Rao, Spoorthi Ramakanth Deshmukh, Raghuram Ranganathan, David Howell Wright
  • Patent number: 12167077
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify alternate language versions of media based on signature matching are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a signature matcher to compare signatures in monitored data with reference signatures to determine signature match strengths associated with portions of the monitored data, the reference signatures associated with reference media assets. Disclosed example apparatus also include a data segmenter to divide the monitored data into first and second segments, the first segments including temporally adjacent portions of the monitored data having signature match strengths that satisfy a threshold, the second segments including temporally adjacent portions of the monitored data having signature match strengths that do not satisfy the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Daniel Nelson, Raghuram Ranganathan, Derrick Mcculley
  • Patent number: 12147293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and managing incidents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting an incident includes receiving issue data created for an issue tracking system; analyzing the received issue data over a predetermined interval; determining whether a potential incident has occurred based on the analysis; upon determining that a potential incident has occurred, creating an incident management assistant program; identifying one or more relevant users to communicate an alert to; and communicating the alert to the identified relevant users, the alert including a pointer to the incident management program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew David Hunter, Matthew Craig Saxby, Michael David Howells
  • Publication number: 20240348608
    Abstract: Identity proofing and standardized authorization that enables a managed service provider, or any external organization, to provide authentication and authorization services to a target organization based on verified credentials connected to decentralized identifiers. The managed service provider issues verified credentials to the target organization's entities and handles entity onboarding, device credential enrollment, device credential re-enrollment, entity offboarding and device credential disablement. The target organization uses the managed service provider's verified credentials as the primary authentication credential to authenticate entities and to access claims carried in the credential. The decentralized nature of the entity identifiers allows for a separation of identity management duties between the managed service and the target organization. Claim templates are also outlined that allow for the inclusion of standardized claims in the verified credential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: David Howell
  • Patent number: 12095838
    Abstract: In an example system, a meter device records streaming session information. Cluster creation circuitry trains a model by grouping information from multiple streaming sessions into clusters. All streaming sessions within a given cluster have matching media and streaming sources. Model executor circuitry assigns incoming streaming session information to a cluster or to noise. Cluster creation circuitry edits the model by creating new clusters out of information from multiple streaming sessions with similar attributes that were originally labeled as noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, James Petro, Shruthi Rao, Spoorthi Ramakanth Deshmukh, Raghuram Ranganathan, David Howell Wright
  • Publication number: 20240242611
    Abstract: In one instance, a school bus remote sign safety system for alerting drivers on a road to the presence of a stopped or stopping school bus is disclosed. The school bus remote sign safety system has an activation switch located on a school bus, a transmitter located on the school bus capable of transmitting a signal, at least one warning sign positioned alongside a roadway within a stopped bus warning zone, a receiver located along the roadway within or proximate to the stopped bus warning zone for receiving the signal from the transmitter. Activation of the activation switch causes the transmitter to transmit the signal to the receiver when the signal is received by the receiver and the receiver activates the one or more alert lights on the at least one warning sign. In some instances, the activation switch is connected to or part of a warning light switch. Other safety systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shane David Howell, Michael Stuard Merrell
  • Publication number: 20240171790
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify candidates for media asset qualification. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a media creditor to determine whether to credit a first media asset to linear media or non-linear media, the non-linear media including subscription video on demand (SVOD). Disclosed example apparatus also include a media asset candidate controller to: classify the first media asset as a non-candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset being credited to the linear media or the non-linear media. In some examples, the media asset candidate controller is to determine whether to classify the first media asset as a candidate for media asset qualification based on whether the first media asset remains uncredited by the media creditor and the first media asset overlaps a streaming period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Raghuram Ranganathan, David Howell Wright, James Petro, Daniel Nelson, Deborah Cross
  • Publication number: 20240127276
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jan Besehanic, Paul Mears, Joseph G. Milavsky, Robert A. Luff, Arun Ramaswamy, David Howell Wright
  • Patent number: 11924486
    Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein are to cause meter software to be provided to a compute device, the meter software executable by the compute device to monitor use of the compute device associated with presentation of media. Disclosed example solutions are also to collect demographic data of a user associated with the compute device, the demographic data collected from a source different from the compute device. Disclosed example solutions are further to obtain meter data from the compute device, the meter data generated by the meter software, and associate the meter data with the demographic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Arun Ramaswamy, Dan Nelson, Glen Vilches
  • Publication number: 20240031642
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify alternate language versions of media based on signature matching are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a signature matcher to compare signatures in monitored data with reference signatures to determine signature match strengths associated with portions of the monitored data, the reference signatures associated with reference media assets. Disclosed example apparatus also include a data segmenter to divide the monitored data into first and second segments, the first segments including temporally adjacent portions of the monitored data having signature match strengths that satisfy a threshold, the second segments including temporally adjacent portions of the monitored data having signature match strengths that do not satisfy the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Daniel Nelson, Raghuram Ranganathan, Derrick Mcculley
  • Publication number: 20230359518
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and managing incidents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting an incident includes receiving issue data created for an issue tracking system; analyzing the received issue data over a predetermined interval; determining whether a potential incident has occurred based on the analysis; upon determining that a potential incident has occurred, creating an incident management assistant program; identifying one or more relevant users to communicate an alert to; and communicating the alert to the identified relevant users, the alert including a pointer to the incident management program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew David Hunter, Matthew Craig Saxby, Michael David Howells
  • Publication number: 20230332672
    Abstract: A shackle assembly comprises a shackle body, a shackle pin and a pin displacement mechanism for moving the shackle pin along its centerline between a shackle closed position and a shackle open position. The pin displacement mechanism comprises a rotation element which is mounted to the shackle body and rotatable with respect to the shackle body about an axis of rotation which extends perpendicularly to the centerline of the shackle pin and a transmission between the rotation element and the shackle pin for transmitting a rotation of the rotation element to a displacement of the shackle pin along its centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: David Howell Gunter
  • Patent number: 11783356
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jan Besehanic, Paul Mears, Joseph G. Milavsky, Robert A. Luff, Arun Ramaswamy, David Howell Wright
  • Patent number: 11750878
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify alternate language versions of media based on signature matching are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a signature matcher to compare signatures in monitored data with reference signatures to determine signature match strengths associated with portions of the monitored data, the reference signatures associated with reference media assets. Disclosed example apparatus also include a data segmenter to divide the monitored data into first and second segments, the first segments including temporally adjacent portions of the monitored data having signature match strengths that satisfy a threshold, the second segments including temporally adjacent portions of the monitored data having signature match strengths that do not satisfy the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Daniel Nelson, Raghuram Ranganathan, Derrick Mcculley
  • Patent number: 11720432
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and managing incidents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting an incident includes receiving issue data created for an issue tracking system; analyzing the received issue data over a predetermined interval; determining whether a potential incident has occurred based on the analysis; upon determining that a potential incident has occurred, creating an incident management assistant program; identifying one or more relevant users to communicate an alert to; and communicating the alert to the identified relevant users, the alert including a pointer to the incident management program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew David Hunter, Matthew Craig Saxby, Michael David Howells
  • Publication number: 20230177546
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jan Besehanic, Paul Mears, Joseph G. Milavsky, Robert A. Luff, Arun Ramaswamy, David Howell Wright
  • Patent number: 11638052
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify candidates for media asset qualification. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a media creditor to determine whether to credit a first media asset to linear media or non-linear media, the non-linear media including subscription video on demand (SVOD). Disclosed example apparatus also include a media asset candidate controller to: classify the first media asset as a non-candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset being credited to the linear media or the non-linear media. In some examples, the media asset candidate controller is to determine whether to classify the first media asset as a candidate for media asset qualification based on whether the first media asset remains uncredited by the media creditor and the first media asset overlaps a streaming period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Raghuram Ranganathan, David Howell Wright, James Petro, Daniel Nelson, Deborah Cross
  • Publication number: 20230087758
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to accurately credit streaming sessions are disclosed. A meter device records streaming session information. Cluster creation circuitry trains a model by grouping information from multiple streaming sessions into clusters, wherein all streaming sessions within a given cluster have matching media and streaming sources. Model executor circuitry assigns incoming streaming session information to a cluster or to noise. Cluster creation circuitry edits the model by creating new clusters out of information from multiple streaming sessions with similar attributes that were originally labeled as noise. By only crediting streaming session information assigned to a cluster, the disclosed system avoids crediting illogical streaming session information, such as the crediting of media to a streaming source that does not offer said media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Sandeep Tapse, James Petro, Shruthi Rao, Spoorthi Ramakanth Deshmukh, Raghuram Ranganathan, David Howell Wright
  • Patent number: 11556946
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jan Besehanic, Paul Mears, Joseph G. Milavsky, Robert A. Luff, Arun Ramaswamy, David Howell Wright