Patents by Inventor Herbert F. Stackhouse

Herbert F. Stackhouse 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).

  • Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to measure online audiences
    Patent number: 11562385
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described. An example method includes assigning a first set of weights to each of a plurality of panelists based on a set of collected characteristics for each person of a subset of unmeasured persons at unmeasured locations, the subset of unmeasured persons being the unmeasured person for which the collected characteristics are know selecting a subset of the panelists based on the first set of weights, each panelist of the subset of panelists selected to be representative of an unmeasured person of the unmeasured persons, re-weighting the subset of the panelists based on estimated characteristics of the unmeasured persons at the unmeasured locations to generate a second set of weights, generating a virtual panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: James R. Oliver, Herbert F. Stackhouse, Peter C. Doe, Qian Tang, Michelle Ha
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MEASURE ONLINE AUDIENCES
    Publication number: 20200250692
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described. An example method includes assigning a first set of weights to each of a plurality of panelists based on a set of collected characteristics for each person of a subset of unmeasured persons at unmeasured locations, the subset of unmeasured persons being the unmeasured person for which the collected characteristics are know selecting a subset of the panelists based on the first set of weights, each panelist of the subset of panelists selected to be representative of an unmeasured person of the unmeasured persons, re-weighting the subset of the panelists based on estimated characteristics of the unmeasured persons at the unmeasured locations to generate a second set of weights, generating a virtual panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: James R. Oliver, Herbert F. Stackhouse, Peter C. Doe, Qian Tang, Michelle Ha
  • Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to measure online audiences
    Patent number: 10552855
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: James R. Oliver, Herbert F. Stackhouse, Peter C. Doe, Qian Tang, Michelle Ha
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MEASURE ONLINE AUDIENCES
    Publication number: 20160086208
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: James R. Oliver, Herbert F. Stackhouse, Peter C. Doe, Qian Tang, Michelle Ha
  • Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to measure online audiences
    Patent number: 9224094
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described. An example method includes obtaining panelist data corresponding to a plurality of panelists accessing web pages at measured locations, classifying the panelist data according to demographic information of the panelists, generating a virtual panel based on an estimate of web page access at unmeasured locations, and classifying page view data associated with the unmeasured locations based on data corresponding to the virtual panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: James R. Oliver, Herbert F. Stackhouse, Peter C. Doe, Qian Tang, Michelle Ha
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MEASURE ONLINE AUDIENCES
    Publication number: 20130198125
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor media content at a content display site are described. An example method includes obtaining panelist data corresponding to a plurality of panelists accessing web pages at measured locations, classifying the panelist data according to demographic information of the panelists, generating a virtual panel based on an estimate of web page access at unmeasured locations, and classifying page view data associated with the unmeasured locations based on data corresponding to the virtual panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: James R. Oliver, Herbert F. Stackhouse, Peter C. Doe, Candy Tang, Michelle Ha