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).

  • Patent number: 11968423
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Patent number: 11877027
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Publication number: 20230139603
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Publication number: 20220086524
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Patent number: 11070875
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Patent number: 10298777
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
  • Publication number: 20180139336
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
  • Publication number: 20180098118
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Patent number: 9917954
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
  • Patent number: 9843836
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Publication number: 20160029080
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Patent number: 9179185
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave
  • Publication number: 20150181021
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla
  • Publication number: 20140282641
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Ranney Harrold Fry, Mark Richard Cave