Patents by Inventor Michael John Zenor

Michael John Zenor 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).

  • Publication number: 20220086517
    Abstract: Systems and methods to select targeted advertising for display are disclosed. Example systems disclosed herein are to determine an opportunity metric for a first product based on a first quantity of the first product determined to be purchased by a first household during a first period of time and a second quantity of the first product expected to be purchased by the first household during the first period of time. Disclosed example systems are also to select, based on at least the opportunity metric, a first advertisement associated with the first product to deliver to the media device, and transmit the first advertisement to the address of the media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Michael John Zenor
  • Patent number: 11184658
    Abstract: Systems and methods to select targeted advertising for display are disclosed. Example systems disclosed herein are to access an address of a media device associated with a household, access purchase data reported from a logging device that logs product purchase activity at the household, determine a consumer segment associated with the household, determine an opportunity metric for a first product to be purchased by the household based on the purchase data reported from the logging device and purchase behavior associated with the consumer segment, select a first advertisement associated with the first product to deliver to the media device based on the opportunity metric and a saturation metric associated with the household for the first advertisement, the saturation metric based on detection of codes embedded in prior instances of the first advertisement delivered to the media device, and transmit the first advertisement to the address of the media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Michael John Zenor
  • Patent number: 10469890
    Abstract: Systems and methods to select targeted advertising for display are disclosed. An example system to select a targeted advertisement includes an opportunity calculator to assign a household to a consumer segment based on (1) geodemographic characteristics of the household and (2) characteristics of the consumer segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Michael John Zenor
  • Publication number: 20190289352
    Abstract: Systems and methods to select targeted advertising for display are disclosed. Example systems disclosed herein are to access an address of a media device associated with a household, access purchase data reported from a logging device that logs product purchase activity at the household, determine a consumer segment associated with the household, determine an opportunity metric for a first product to be purchased by the household based on the purchase data reported from the logging device and purchase behavior associated with the consumer segment, select a first advertisement associated with the first product to deliver to the media device based on the opportunity metric and a saturation metric associated with the household for the first advertisement, the saturation metric based on detection of codes embedded in prior instances of the first advertisement delivered to the media device, and transmit the first advertisement to the address of the media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Michael John Zenor
  • Publication number: 20180278980
    Abstract: Systems and methods to select targeted advertising for display are disclosed. An example system to select a targeted advertisement includes an opportunity calculator to assign a household to a consumer segment based on (1) geodemographic characteristics of the household and (2) characteristics of the consumer segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Michael John Zenor
  • Patent number: 9986277
    Abstract: Systems and methods to select targeted advertising for display are disclosed. An example method to select targeted advertising for display includes identifying an advertisement corresponding to the first product, identifying a saturation metric for the advertisement, determining a net effectiveness metric based on an opportunity metric and the saturation metric, the opportunity metric being based on a difference between an expected consumption of a first product by the household and actual consumption of the product by the household, and delivering the advertisement to the household via a media transmission when the net effectiveness metric is greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Michael John Zenor
  • Patent number: 8229781
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine shopper traffic in retail environments are disclosed herein. In a disclosed example method of generating shopper traffic data, in-person-based count data and sensor-based count data are obtained. The in-person-based count data is indicative of a first quantity of shoppers within a first zone of a monitored establishment is obtained. The sensor-based count data is indicative of a second quantity of shoppers within the first zone of the monitored establishment. The example method also involves determining a relationship value indicative of a relationship between the in-person-based count data, the sensor-based count data, and first sales data associated with the first zone of the monitored establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Nielson Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Zenor, William J. Dupre, Frank W. Piotrowski
  • Publication number: 20080294475
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine shopper traffic in retail environments are disclosed herein. In a disclosed example method of generating shopper traffic data, in-person-based count data and sensor-based count data are obtained. The in-person-based count data is indicative of a first quantity of shoppers within a first zone of a monitored establishment is obtained. The sensor-based count data is indicative of a second quantity of shoppers within the first zone of the monitored establishment. The example method also involves determining a relationship value indicative of a relationship between the in-person-based count data, the sensor-based count data, and first sales data associated with the first zone of the monitored establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Michael John Zenor, William J. Dupre, Frank W. Piotrowski