Patents by Inventor Furqan Hanif

Furqan Hanif 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to determine a unique audience for internet-based media
    Patent number: 12096058
    Abstract: An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to: receive first HyperLogLog (HLL) data from a first server of a first database proprietor and second HyperLogLog (HLL) data from a second server of a second database proprietor, the first HLL data including obfuscated first user impression data and the second HLL data including obfuscated second user impression data; generate union HLL data based on the first HLL data from the first database proprietor and the second HLL data from the second database proprietor by performing a union of data sets of the obfuscated first user impression data represented in the first HLL data and the obfuscated second user impression data represented in the second HLL data; and determine a total number of deduplicated unique audience members based on the union HLL data generated by the vector analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jake Dailey, Furqan Hanif, Diane Morovati Lopez, Jose Mortensen, Chris Nicotra, Christine Pierce, Matthew Vanlandeghem
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A UNIQUE AUDIENCE FOR INTERNET-BASED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20230336803
    Abstract: An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to: receive first HyperLogLog (HLL) data from a first server of a first database proprietor and second HyperLogLog (HLL) data from a second server of a second database proprietor, the first HLL data including obfuscated first user impression data and the second HLL data including obfuscated second user impression data; generate union HLL data based on the first HLL data from the first database proprietor and the second HLL data from the second database proprietor by performing a union of data sets of the obfuscated first user impression data represented in the first HLL data and the obfuscated second user impression data represented in the second HLL data; and determine a total number of deduplicated unique audience members based on the union HLL data generated by the vector analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jake Dailey, Furqan Hanif, Diane Morovati Lopez, Jose Mortensen, Chris Nicotra, Christine Pierce, Matthew Vanlandeghem
  • Methods and apparatus to determine a unique audience for internet-based media
    Patent number: 11729447
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate measures of unique audiences for Internet-based media. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions, and at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jake Dailey, Furqan Hanif, Diane Morovati Lopez, Jose Mortensen, Chris Nicotra, Christine Pierce, Matthew Vanlandeghem
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A UNIQUE AUDIENCE FOR INTERNET-BASED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20230029381
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate measures of unique audiences for Internet-based media. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions, and at least one processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jake Dailey, Furqan Hanif, Diane Morovati Lopez, Jose Mortensen, Chris Nicotra, Christine Pierce, Matthew Vanlandeghem
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIENCE REACH ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20220329902
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine digital audience reach across multiple platforms. An example apparatus includes audience data receiver circuitry to obtain first audience data from a first media platform; and processor circuitry to perform at least one of the first operations, the second operations, or the third operations to instantiate: activity analyzer circuitry to determine media activities in the first audience data; adjustment analyzer circuitry to: apply at least one adjustment factor to the first audience data based on a source of the audience data; apply a coverage factor adjustment to the first audience data; and output the adjusted first audience data as a deduplicated audience for the first media platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kelly Marie Dixon, Katherine Terfler Williams, Frank Fasinski, Emma Youmans Handzo, Khaldoon Abu-Hakmeh, Emily Neuhoff, Furqan Hanif, Edward Murphy, Jennifer Carton, Molly Poppie, Jonathan Ouegnin, Miranda Riggs, Andy Golub, Allysha Kochenour
  • Methods and apparatus to determine a unique audience for internet-based media
    Patent number: 11381859
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate measures of unique audiences for Internet-based media. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions, and at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jake Dailey, Furqan Hanif, Diane Morovati Lopez, Jose Mortensen, Chris Nicotra, Christine Pierce, Matthew Vanlandeghem
  • Methods and apparatus to determine a unique audience for internet-based media
    Patent number: 11039190
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate measures of unique audiences for Internet-based media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jake Dailey, Furqan Hanif, Diane Morovati Lopez, Jose Mortensen, Chris Nicotra, Christine Pierce, Matthew Vanlandeghem