Patents by Inventor Gilles Duterque

Gilles Duterque 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 identify session users with cookie information
    Patent number: 9467519
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying a most recently used cookie based on a comparison of timestamps associated with a plurality of cookies, comparing an identifier of the most recently used cookie to a cookie table, the cookie table associating cookies with the plurality of different users, and when the identifier of the most recently used cookie is associated with one of the plurality of different users, associating subsequent usage activity of the computing device with the one of the plurality of different users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Duterque, Seema Varma Srivastava, Cristina Ion
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY SESSION USERS WITH COOKIE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160119433
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying a most recently used cookie based on a comparison of timestamps associated with a plurality of cookies, comparing an identifier of the most recently used cookie to a cookie table, the cookie table associating cookies with the plurality of different users, and when the identifier of the most recently used cookie is associated with one of the plurality of different users, associating subsequent usage activity of the computing device with the one of the plurality of different users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gilles Duterque, Seema Varma Srivastava, Cristina Ion
  • Methods and apparatus to identify session users with cookie information
    Patent number: 9232014
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes locating, with a processor, a first storage location associated with a first browser and a second storage location associated with a second browser, identifying, with the processor, a first cookie in the first storage location having a most recent timestamp, when the first storage location includes the first cookie of a first type, establishing a first user associated with the first cookie as a current user of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Duterque, Seema Varma Srivastava, Cristina Ion
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY SESSION USERS WITH COOKIE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20150180991
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes locating, with a processor, a first storage location associated with a first browser and a second storage location associated with a second browser, identifying, with the processor, a first cookie in the first storage location having a most recent timestamp, when the first storage location includes the first cookie of a first type, establishing a first user associated with the first cookie as a current user of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Gilles Duterque, Seema Varma Srivastava, Cristina Ion
  • Methods and apparatus to identify session users with cookie information
    Patent number: 9015255
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying activity associated with a first cookie having a first type, in response to identifying the first, parsing the first cookie to identify a first panelist, when the first cookie includes an identifier associated with a first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with the first panelist, and when the first cookie includes an identifier unassociated with the first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with a guest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Duterque, Seema Varma Srivastava, Cristina Ion
  • Methods and apparatus to identify session users with cookie information
    Patent number: 8977694
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying activity associated with a first cookie having a first type, in response to identifying the first, parsing the first cookie to identify a first panelist, when the first cookie includes an identifier associated with a first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with the first panelist, and when the first cookie includes an identifier unassociated with the first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with a guest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Duterque, Seema Varma Srivastava, Cristina Ion
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY SESSION USERS WITH COOKIE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130212188
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying activity associated with a first cookie having a first type, in response to identifying the first, parsing the first cookie to identify a first panelist, when the first cookie includes an identifier associated with a first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with the first panelist, and when the first cookie includes an identifier unassociated with the first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with a guest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Gilles Duterque, Seema Varma Srivastava, Cristina Ion