Patents by Inventor John Zoldos

John Zoldos 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 DETECT A PRESENCE STATUS
    Publication number: 20240031647
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect a presence status. An example apparatus includes media identification circuitry to generate first signatures representative of first audio data associated with a monitored media device, a comparator to obtain second signatures from a portable meter, the second signatures representative of second audio data sensed by the portable meter and compare the first signatures and the second signatures to determine a comparison result, presence detection circuitry to determine a presence status of a user based on the comparison result, the user associated with the portable meter, and network communication circuitry to transmit the presence status to a data processor to perform audience measurement based on the presence status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Meryem Berrada, Ronny Lerch, John Stavropoulos, Alexander Topchy, John Zoldos
  • Methods and apparatus to detect a presence status
    Patent number: 11812104
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect a presence status. An example apparatus includes media identification circuitry to generate first signatures representative of first audio data associated with a monitored media device, a comparator to obtain second signatures from a portable meter, the second signatures representative of second audio data sensed by the portable meter and compare the first signatures and the second signatures to determine a comparison result, presence detection circuitry to determine a presence status of a user based on the comparison result, the user associated with the portable meter, and network communication circuitry to transmit the presence status to a data processor to perform audience measurement based on the presence status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Meryem Berrada, Ronny Lerch, John Stavropoulos, Alexander Topchy, John Zoldos
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT A PRESENCE STATUS
    Publication number: 20230086955
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect a presence status. An example apparatus includes media identification circuitry to generate first signatures representative of first audio data associated with a monitored media device, a comparator to obtain second signatures from a portable meter, the second signatures representative of second audio data sensed by the portable meter and compare the first signatures and the second signatures to determine a comparison result, presence detection circuitry to determine a presence status of a user based on the comparison result, the user associated with the portable meter, and network communication circuitry to transmit the presence status to a data processor to perform audience measurement based on the presence status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Meryem Berrada, Ronny Lerch, John Stavropoulos, Alexander Topchy, John Zoldos