Patents by Inventor Marie Kramer

Marie Kramer 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).

  • Patent number: 11910069
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Publication number: 20220394357
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Patent number: 11336970
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Publication number: 20210219029
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Fuhrer, Marie Kramer
  • Publication number: 20190021746
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for bone cavity preparation. Formed broaching members may be supported inside a bone by a rotator. The broaching members may be bowed out inside the bone to create a cavity having a shape determined by the broaching members and bone anatomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Grace Wlodarski, Alex A. Peterson, Todd A. Krinke, Michael P. Brenzel, Steve D. Kruse, Troy Michael Siemers, Benjamin Arcand, Brian John Mullins, Michael Bennett Tradewell, Erik Julian Nelson, Matthew Howard Rust, Cameron Thomas Kramer, Rachel Marie Kramer, Kyle Taylor
  • Patent number: 9774900
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand and dynamically inserted advertisement viewing probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Wood, John Charles Coughlin, Molly Poppie, Marie Kramer, Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Joseph G. Milavsky, Paul Donato, Balachander Shankar, David J. Kurzynski
  • Publication number: 20170078727
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand and dynamically inserted advertisement viewing probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Wood, John Charles Coughlin, Molly Poppie, Marie Kramer, Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Joseph G. Milavsky, Paul Donato, Balachander Shankar, David J. Kurzynski
  • Patent number: 9544632
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand viewing probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Wood, John Charles Coughlin, Molly Poppie, Marie Kramer, Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Joseph G. Milavsky, Paul Donato, Balachander Shankar, David J. Kurzynski
  • Publication number: 20160165287
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand viewing probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Wood, John Charles Coughlin, Molly Poppie, Marie Kramer, Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Joseph G. Milavsky, Paul Donato, Balachander Shankar, David J. Kurzynski
  • Patent number: 9277265
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand viewing probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Wood, John Charles Coughlin, Molly Poppie, Marie Kramer, Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Joseph G. Milavsky, Paul Donato, Balachander Shankar, David J. Kurzynski
  • Publication number: 20150229979
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand viewing probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Benjamin Wood, John Charles Coughlin, Molly Poppie, Marie Kramer, Brian Fuhrer, Albert T. Borawski, Joseph G. Milavsky, Paul Donato, Balachander Shankar, David J. Kurzynski
  • Publication number: 20150164514
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for bone cavity preparation. Formed broaching members may be supported inside a bone by a rotator. The broaching members may be bowed out inside the bone to create a cavity having a shape determined by the broaching members and bone anatomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Grace Wlodarski, Alex A. Peterson, Todd A. Krinke, Michael P. Brenzel, Steve D. Kruse, Troy Michael Siemers, Benjamin Arcand, Brian John Mullins, Michael Bennett Tradewell, Erik Julian Nelson, Matthew Howard Rust, Cameron Thomas Kramer, Rachel Marie Kramer, Kyle Taylor
  • Patent number: 7300679
    Abstract: A crunchy chewing gum product having a crunch similar to that provided by incorporating granulated sugar into a sugar-based gum product is prepared by introducing, into the interior of a gum formulation, a granulated isomalt additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Cadbury Adams USA LLC
    Inventors: Mary Katherine Robinson, Colleen Marie Kramer, Michael Glass
  • Patent number: 5958472
    Abstract: A crunchy chewing gum product having a crunch similar to that provided by incorporating granulated sugar into a sugar-based gum product is prepared by introducing, into the interior of a gum formulation, a granulated isomalt additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Mary Katherine Robinson, Colleen Marie Kramer, Michael Glass