Patents by Inventor Mark Ahrens

Mark Ahrens 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 generate smart text
    Patent number: 8762192
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate a performance metric are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a baseline volume and an incremental volume for a first time-frame and a second time-frame, calculating whether a market volume change direction is identical between the baseline volume and the incremental volume during the first time-frame and the second time-frame, and assigning a market change descriptor to the performance metric based on the calculated change direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Mark Ahrens
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE SMART TEXT
    Publication number: 20130041719
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate a performance metric are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a baseline volume and an incremental volume for a first time-frame and a second time-frame, calculating whether a market volume change direction is identical between the baseline volume and the incremental volume during the first time-frame and the second time-frame, and assigning a market change descriptor to the performance metric based on the calculated change direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Rich J. Anderson, David S. Dyson, Mark Ahrens
  • Methods and apparatus to generate a smart text market change descriptor
    Patent number: 8306844
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate smart text are disclosed. An example computer implemented method includes receiving at an input module a query input associated with at least one of a product of interest or a market of interest during a time-frame of interest and identifying at least one candidate external application based on the query input. The example method also includes retrieving volume information from the at least one candidate external application, the retrieved volume information associated with a current time-frame and the time-frame of interest, calculating a change associated with the retrieved volume information, and assigning a market change descriptor to the at least one of the product of interest or the market of interest related to a magnitude of the calculated change, the assigned market change descriptor output to a user via an output module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Rich J. Anderson, David S. Dyson, Mark Ahrens
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE SMART TEXT
    Publication number: 20090222325
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate smart text are disclosed. An example computer implemented method includes receiving at an input module a query input associated with at least one of a product of interest or a market of interest during a time-frame of interest and identifying at least one candidate external application based on the query input. The example method also includes retrieving volume information from the at least one candidate external application, the retrieved volume information associated with a current time-frame and the time-frame of interest, calculating a change associated with the retrieved volume information, and assigning a market change descriptor to the at least one of the product of interest or the market of interest related to a magnitude of the calculated change, the assigned market change descriptor output to a user via an output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Rich J. Anderson, David S. Dyson, Mark Ahrens
  • Modular component for a collector device
    Patent number: D809408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ahren Berkobin, Louay Ibrahim Abdul-Hadi, Ben Patel, Samar Shaker Soliman, Sandra Marina Senn
  • Carrier for mounting an antenna assembly in a utility meter enclosure
    Patent number: D861650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ahren Berkobin, Patrick Finian Sheehan Spokas, Louay Ibrahim Abdul-Hadi, Sean Patrick O'Bryan