Patents by Inventor Sonya Gierada

Sonya Gierada 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: 11349943
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adjusting model threshold levels are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; and processor circuitry to execute machine readable instructions to: generate an adjusted count of users by applying an adjustment factor based on volume estimates and an updated total volume target to an absolute count of users; and adjust the model threshold based on the adjusted count of users by: determining a decreased model threshold, the decreased model threshold being less than the model threshold; determining a decreased model total based on lookback model score data, the decreased model total corresponding to a number of users that studies the decreased model threshold; and when a first difference between (A) the decreased model total and (B) adjusted absolute count of users is smaller than a second difference, replacing the model threshold with the decreased model threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Sonya Gierada
  • Publication number: 20210227037
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adjusting model threshold levels are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; and processor circuitry to execute machine readable instructions to: generate an adjusted count of users by applying an adjustment factor based on volume estimates and an updated total volume target to an absolute count of users; and adjust the model threshold based on the adjusted count of users by: determining a decreased model threshold, the decreased model threshold being less than the model threshold; determining a decreased model total based on lookback model score data, the decreased model total corresponding to a number of users that studies the decreased model threshold; and when a first difference between (A) the decreased model total and (B) adjusted absolute count of users is smaller than a second difference, replacing the model threshold with the decreased model threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Sonya Gierada
  • Patent number: 10972561
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adjusting model threshold levels are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Sonya Gierada
  • Publication number: 20200162565
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adjusting model threshold levels are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Sonya Gierada
  • Patent number: 10491696
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adjusting model threshold levels are disclosed. An example method includes determining volume estimates corresponding to a total number of users that satisfy a model threshold; when a ratio of (A) modeled users that satisfy the model threshold to (B) a sum of the modeled users that satisfy the model threshold and deterministic client device users does not satisfy a minimum ratio threshold, increasing the number of modeled users; when the total users that satisfy the model threshold does not satisfy a total volume target, increasing the number of modeled users; and updating the total volume target based on the increased number of modeled users; generating an adjusted count of users; and a model threshold adjuster to adjust the model threshold based on the adjusted count of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielson Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Sonya Gierada
  • Publication number: 20180167473
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for adjusting model threshold levels are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Sonya Gierada