Patents by Inventor Ryan Koralik

Ryan Koralik 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: 11816685
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Frank W. Piotrowski, Julie F. Banks, Kyle T. Poppie, Ryan Koralik
  • Publication number: 20210166249
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Frank W. Piotrowski, Julie F. Banks, Kyle T. Poppie, Ryan Koralik
  • Patent number: 10839407
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Frank W. Piotrowski, Julie F. Banks, Kyle T. Poppie, Ryan Koralik
  • Publication number: 20190266620
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Frank W. Piotrowski, Julie F. Banks, Kyle T. Poppie, Ryan Koralik
  • Publication number: 20190164180
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus and articles of manufacture to generate projection factors are disclosed. An apparatus to reduce panel imbalance errors includes a data analyzer to identify a retailer in a geographic region indicative of shopping bias. The data analyzer also is to identify households of interest in the geographic region having combined panel data, the combined panel data representing core panelist data and auxiliary data. The apparatus also includes a modeling engine to calculate potential spending of each household at one or more stores of the retailer. The potential spending is based on observed spending. The apparatus also includes a projection engine to reduce panel imbalance errors by calculating projection weights for the combined panel based on (a) the potential spending at the one or more stores and (b) social or demographic representation data of the combined panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Christophe Koell, Ludo Daemen, Ryan Koralik, Igor Uzilevskiy
  • Patent number: 10235684
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Frank W. Piotrowski, Julie F. Banks, Kyle T. Poppie, Ryan Koralik
  • Publication number: 20160292698
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Frank W. Piotrowski, Julie F. Banks, Kyle T. Poppie, Ryan Koralik