Abstract: An automated burrito maker is described, including a filling station for providing a quantity of burrito filling on an upper surface of tortillas on a first belt, an air supply positioned below a gap between the first belt and a second belt for delivering an air blast to lift a leading edge of each tortilla moving over the gap, a front fold station for crimping the leading edge of the tortilla toward the upper tortilla surface and around at least a portion of the burrito filling, a first side fold station having a first folding rail for wrapping the first tortilla side over at least a portion of the burrito filling, and a second side fold station having a second folding rail for wrapping the second tortilla side over at least a portion of the burrito filling and at least a portion of the first side of the tortilla.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods to identify consumer content exposure are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory; machine readable instructions; and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to detect a first exposure of a first consumer to a marketing campaign during a first time period; identify the first exposure as a first recency exposure; detect a second exposure of the first consumer to the marketing campaign during one of the first time period or a second time period; when the second exposure is detected during the first time period, identify the first time period as an iterative frequency exposure; and when the second exposure is detected during the second time period, identify the second exposure as a second recency exposure.

Abstract: Disclosed examples determine a first level of loyalty to a brand for a household based on first data records of consumer data corresponding to a first period of time; determine a second level of loyalty to the brand for the household based on second data records of consumer data corresponding to a second period of time after the first time period; determine consumer metrics based on the first level of loyalty and the second level of loyalty; and generate a report based on the consumer metrics.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate long-term effects of marketing campaigns.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for adjusting reach. An example apparatus includes a data accessor to obtain market data and a target reach percentage, the market data including test households and control households, an attribute controller to generate an attribute bucket, the attribute bucket including a subset of the market data, a reach determiner to determine a bucket reach percentage of the subset of the market data, and a data controller to, in response to the bucket reach percentage being less than the target reach percentage, remove a control household from the subset of the market data to generate a balanced market dataset for market analysis.

Abstract: A packaged food product processing machine. The machine comprises a food consumer interface configured to receive a food consumer selection identifying an end state of a food product, a package cooling sub-system comprising a chilled fluid bath, a gripper component configured to agitate a package containing the food product in the chilled fluid bath, and a controller configured to command the gripper to control the rate of heat transfer from the package to the chilled fluid bath based on receiving an input identifying an end state selection from the food consumer interface and based on receiving an input containing a value of the physical parameter of the food product from the gripper component.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine informed holdouts for an advertisement campaign. An example apparatus to reduce iterative computation efforts for an advertisement campaign includes a buyer type determiner to determine a first group type and a second group type, the first and second group types associated with user identifiers corresponding to purchase instances, the user identifiers of the first group type indicative of a first threshold of purchase behaviors, and the user identifiers of the second group type indicative of a second threshold of purchase behaviors, and a holdout group identifier to identify (a) a first holdout group of the user identifiers of the first group type and (b) a second holdout group of the user identifiers of the second group type, the first and second holdout groups indicative of candidate user identifiers to be prevented from exposure to the advertisement campaign.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine informed holdouts for an advertisement campaign. An example storage medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to retrieve user identifiers associated with purchase instances; determine households that correspond to the user identifiers; identify a first and a second group type, the first group type exhibiting a first threshold of purchase behaviors, and the second group type exhibiting a second threshold of purchase behaviors; identify a first holdout group and a second holdout group, reduce computational lift calculation resource consumption by constraining the first holdout group to a first percentage, constraining the second holdout group to a second percentage, the first percentage equal to the second, the first and the second holdout groups are not to be exposed to an advertisement campaign; and determine a lift calculation for the advertisement campaign based on the first and the second holdout groups.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine informed holdouts for an advertisement campaign. An example storage medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to retrieve user identifiers associated with purchase instances; determine households that correspond to the user identifiers; identify a first and a second group type, the first group type exhibiting a first threshold of purchase behaviors, and the second group type exhibiting a second threshold of purchase behaviors; identify a first holdout group and a second holdout group, reduce computational lift calculation resource consumption by constraining the first holdout group to a first percentage, constraining the second holdout group to a second percentage, the first percentage equal to the second, the first and the second holdout groups are not to be exposed to an advertisement campaign; and determine a lift calculation for the advertisement campaign based on the first and the second holdout groups.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate long-term effects of marketing campaigns.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate long-term effects of marketing campaigns.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a media rank. An example disclosed method includes (a) identifying households in which the product of interest was purchased, (b) calculating consumption factors for respective ones of the households based on a consumption total of the product of interest for the corresponding household and a household weight, (c) selecting first candidate media of interest, (d) calculating a rating value indicative of a relevance of the product of interest to the candidate media of interest based on the mathematical product of the consumption factor and a viewing time for corresponding ones of the households, (e) repeating (c) and (d) for second media, and (f) ranking the first and second media for the product of interest.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve marketing strategy with purchase driven planning. An example apparatus to reduce iterative computation efforts for a market strategy includes a market data retriever to identify a product of interest and a first creative of interest, a buyer type segregator to segregate audience members exposed to the first creative of interest based on category purchase intensity types and brand purchase intensity types, and generate a buyer map of intersections between respective ones of the category purchase intensity types and brand purchase intensity types, and a creative lift calculator to reduce audience target calculations by determining a lift for respective ones of the buyer map intersections.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to allocate advertising elements to selected campaign variables are disclosed. An example method includes selecting one of a first campaign variable and a second campaign variable based on a first penalty associated with the first campaign variable and a second penalty associated with the second campaign variable, the first penalty representative of non-allocation of a first advertising element to the first campaign variable, the second penalty representative of non-allocation of a second advertising element to the second campaign variable; selecting a target advertising element based on efficacy scores associated with the first and second campaign variables; and allocating the target advertising element to the selected one of the first and second campaign variables.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate long-term effects of marketing campaigns.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a media rank. An example disclosed method includes (a) identifying households in which the product of interest was purchased, (b) calculating consumption factors for respective ones of the households based on a consumption total of the product of interest for the corresponding household and a household weight, (c) selecting first candidate media of interest, (d) calculating a rating value indicative of a relevance of the product of interest to the candidate media of interest based on the mathematical product of the consumption factor and a viewing time for corresponding ones of the households, (e) repeating (c) and (d) for second media, and (f) ranking the first and second media for the product of interest.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an adhesive overbandage. In an embodiment, there is provided an adhesive overbandage for use with a biosensor. An exemplary overbandage comprises a frame having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outer boundary and an inner boundary, wherein the inner boundary defines an interior opening configured to receive a monitoring device, adhesive disposed on the lower surface of the frame, and a release liner removably coupled to the adhesive.

Abstract: A centrifuge (10) is provided with improved flying-lead mounting. The centrifuge comprises a cantilevered shaft (18) upon which the main drive rotor (26) is located. A bobbin (62) is attached to the planetary gear shaft (44), which is driven in planetary motion by the rotation of the rotor (26) and its toothed engagement with the shaft (18) of the cantilevered rotor. A flying lead section (72) extends from the bobbin (62) through an aperture in the cantilevered rotor (26) and is provided with a sheath or supporting tube(s) within which at least a portion of inlet and outlet leads are located.

Abstract: Processes and systems for use in media and market research are provided. In certain embodiments, predetermined media usage activities and/or purchasing activities are assigned to members of a household, for converting household level data to personal level data. In certain embodiments, reports are produced from various different datasets.

Abstract: A system for making interconnections between an input/output module and a first device and a second device wherein the system uses standard cables and connectors. The input/output module includes a standard first connector for making connection with a standard first transmission line cable for conveying signals between the module and the first device, and at least one second connector, with such second connector connecting to a first end of a second standard cable. A second end of the second standard cable includes a standard cable connector for making connection to a corresponding connector of the second device. The input/output module is configured to contain programmable logic for making the required connections between the module and the first and second devices.