Patents by Inventor Ranney Harrold Fry
Ranney Harrold Fry 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).
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Patent number: 11968423Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Patent number: 11877027Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Publication number: 20230139603Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Publication number: 20220086524Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Patent number: 11070875Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Patent number: 10298777Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a telecommunications account status. An example apparatus includes a data collector associated with a measurement entity, the data collector including a processor and a memory storing instructions to be executed by the processor to: send a credit transfer request to a crediting system associated with a mobile communications service provider, the request associated with a device identifier corresponding to a mobile communication device; receive a response associated with the credit transfer request, the response including an error message; and determine an account status of the device identifier based on the error message.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
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Publication number: 20180139336Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a telecommunications account status. An example apparatus includes a data collector associated with a measurement entity, the data collector including a processor and a memory storing instructions to be executed by the processor to: send a credit transfer request to a crediting system associated with a mobile communications service provider, the request associated with a device identifier corresponding to a mobile communication device; receive a response associated with the credit transfer request, the response including an error message; and determine an account status of the device identifier based on the error message.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
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Publication number: 20180098118Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example apparatus includes a configuration changer to change a configuration setting of the base station to cause mobile devices to register with the base station, a registration manager to respond to registration requests received from the mobile devices after the configuration setting is changed by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile devices, and a counter controller to identify a number of the mobile devices at a location of the base station based on the stored device identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Patent number: 9917954Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a telecommunications account status. An example method includes initiating a credit transfer request via the device identifier, determining, via a processor, whether an account associated with the device identifier comprises a prepaid type in response to receiving an indication of credit transfer success, and determining whether the account associated with the device identifier comprises a non-prepaid account type in response to receiving an indication of credit transfer failure.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
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Patent number: 9843836Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example method includes collecting media identification information corresponding to media presented at a location, changing an identifier of a base station local to the location to cause mobile devices located at the location to attempt to register with the base station, responding to a received request to register a mobile device with the base station by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile device at the base station, determining a number of mobile devices located at the location based on the stored device identification information, and identifying a number of persons exposed to the media based on the mobile devices located at the location.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Publication number: 20160029080Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people at a location. An example method includes collecting media identification information corresponding to media presented at a location, changing an identifier of a base station local to the location to cause mobile devices located at the location to attempt to register with the base station, responding to a received request to register a mobile device with the base station by storing device identification information for the corresponding mobile device at the base station, determining a number of mobile devices located at the location based on the stored device identification information, and identifying a number of persons exposed to the media based on the mobile devices located at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Patent number: 9179185Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people in an area. An example method includes collecting media identification information corresponding to media presented at a location, responding to a received request to register a mobile device with a base station by storing device identification information for the mobile device at the base station, timestamping the device identification information, determining a number of mobile devices located in an area based on the stored device identification information, and identifying a number of persons exposed to the media based on the media identification information and the device identification information.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
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Publication number: 20150181021Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a telecommunications account status. An example method includes initiating a credit transfer request via the device identifier, determining, via a processor, whether an account associated with the device identifier comprises a prepaid type in response to receiving an indication of credit transfer success, and determining whether the account associated with the device identifier comprises a non-prepaid account type in response to receiving an indication of credit transfer failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
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Publication number: 20140282641Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine the number of people in an area. An example method includes collecting media identification information corresponding to media presented at a location, responding to a received request to register a mobile device with a base station by storing device identification information for the mobile device at the base station, timestamping the device identification information, determining a number of mobile devices located in an area based on the stored device identification information, and identifying a number of persons exposed to the media based on the media identification information and the device identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave