Patents by Inventor Steven J. Splaine
Steven J. Splaine 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: 12093973Abstract: Disclosed examples include logging impression records corresponding to pingback messages received in network communications from a client device, ones of the pingback messages corresponding to portions of media presented at the client device; determining a duration impression for the media based on the impression records; dividing the duration impression based on media types corresponding to the portions of the media presented at the client device; and determining demographic characteristics for ones of the media types in the portions of the media.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Kevin K. Gaynor, Narasimha Reddy Goli
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS
Publication number: 20240303375Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Patent number: 12069534Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to associate geographic locations with user devices. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to extract source identifying information from a beacon transmitted from a user device to an audience measurement entity, classify a network that connects the user device to the audience measurement entity based on the source identifying information, query a location service of a provider of a mobile network to retrieve a location associated with the user device, store the location in association with media identifying information, and generate a user profile associating the user device with the retrieved location.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy
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Publication number: 20240276044Abstract: Methods and apparatus to associate audience members with over-the-top device media impressions. An example audience measurement apparatus includes a reporting message receiver to receive a first reporting message from a client device coupled to a residential gateway having an internet protocol (IP) address. An AME ID determiner is to assign an audience measurement entity (AME) identifier to the IP address provided by the received first reporting message. A redirect instructor is to send a redirect instruction to the client device to cause the client device to send a second reporting message to a database proprietor, the redirect instruction to include the AME identifier and the IP address. A DP message reporting receiver is to receive, in response to the sent redirect instruction, a third reporting message from the database proprietor that includes a database proprietor (DP) identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Harith Gandhi, Kevin K. Gaynor, Gangadhar Jakkula, Narasimha Reddy Goli, Chris Nicotra, Kumar Rao
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Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Patent number: 12008142Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Patent number: 11997332Abstract: Methods and apparatus to associate audience members with over-the-top device media impressions. An example audience measurement apparatus includes a reporting message receiver to receive a first reporting message from a client device coupled to a residential gateway having an internet protocol (IP) address. An AME ID determiner is to assign an audience measurement entity (AME) identifier to the IP address provided by the received first reporting message. A redirect instructor is to send a redirect instruction to the client device to cause the client device to send a second reporting message to a database proprietor, the redirect instruction to include the AME identifier and the IP address. A DP message reporting receiver is to receive, in response to the sent redirect instruction, a third reporting message from the database proprietor that includes a database proprietor (DP) identifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Harith Gandhi, Kevin K. Gaynor, Gangadhar Jakkula, Narasimha Reddy Goli, Chris Nicotra, Kumar Rao
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Publication number: 20240163531Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Patent number: 11917270Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Publication number: 20240029091Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to collect impressions associated with over-the-top media devices. An example apparatus includes memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to access a first request, the first request from a user-controlled client device, the first request including an over-the-top device identifier that identifies an over-the-top device that presents media, in response to determining a user of the user-controlled client device is a panelist of a first server, store the over-the-top device identifier with demographics corresponding to the panelist, access a second request, the second request from the over-the-top device, the second request including the over-the-top device identifier and a media identifier, and log an impression associated with the media identifier and the demographics, the impression corresponding to the panelist of the first server.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Robert F. Pierce, Adrian Swift, Ankur Tandon
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Publication number: 20230421844Abstract: A disclosed example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to store a logged media impression for a media identifier representative of media accessed via the Internet, cause transmission of a device identifier or a user identifier to a database proprietor when a user has not elected to not participate in third-party tracking corresponding to online activities, access user information from the database proprietor based on the device identifier or the user identifier, log a demographic impression based on the media impression and the user information, and generate an impression report corresponding to the media based on the demographic impression.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Adrian Swift
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Patent number: 11785293Abstract: A disclosed example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to store a logged media impression for a media identifier representative of media accessed via the Internet, cause transmission of a device identifier or a user identifier to a database proprietor when a user has not elected to not participate in third-party tracking corresponding to online activities, access user information from the database proprietor based on the device identifier or the user identifier, log a demographic impression based on the media impression and the user information, and generate an impression report corresponding to the media based on the demographic impression.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Adrian Swift
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Publication number: 20230316306Abstract: Disclosed examples include logging impression records corresponding to pingback messages received in network communications from a client device, ones of the pingback messages corresponding to portions of media presented at the client device; determining a duration impression for the media based on the impression records; dividing the duration impression based on media types corresponding to the portions of the media presented at the client device; and determining demographic characteristics for ones of the media types in the portions of the media.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Kevin K. Gaynor, Narasimha Reddy Goli
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METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COLLECT DISTRIBUTED USER INFORMATION FOR MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND SEARCH TERMS
Publication number: 20230274029Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Patent number: 11727423Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to collect impressions associated with over-the-top media devices. An example apparatus includes memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to access a first request, the first request from a user-controlled client device, the first request including an over-the-top device identifier that identifies an over-the-top device that presents media, in response to determining a user of the user-controlled client device is a panelist of a first server, store the over-the-top device identifier with demographics corresponding to the panelist, access a second request, the second request from the over-the-top device, the second request including the over-the-top device identifier and a media identifier, and log an impression associated with the media identifier and the demographics, the impression corresponding to the panelist of the first server.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Robert F. Pierce, Adrian Swift, Ankur Tandon
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Publication number: 20230196414Abstract: Disclosed examples access first impression data representative of first impressions collected by an impression monitor system, the first impressions corresponding to the media accessed at a plurality of client devices; generate a panelist impressions composition by removing at least one duplicate impression from second impression data, the second impression data representative of second impressions logged by meters installed at the client devices, the duplicate impression corresponding to one or more accesses to the media represented in both the first impression data and the second impression data for a same audience member; determine an error value for the media based on the panelist impressions composition and a database proprietor impression composition, the database proprietor impression composition provided by a database proprietor for the media; and determine an error-corrected impression composition based on the error value and the panelist impressions composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Mainak Mazumdar, Kevin Geraghty, Ronan Heffernan, Mark Kalus, Ari Paparo, Steven J. Splaine, Alexandros Deliyannis
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Patent number: 11669849Abstract: An example apparatus includes memory and at least one processor to execute first instructions. The first instructions cause the at least one processor to send second instructions from a first server to a client device. The second instructions cause the client device to send first messages to a second server at intervals based on a presentation of media via the client device. The second instructions cause the client device to send a second message to the second server based on a skip request associated with the presentation of the media via the client device. The first instructions further cause the at least one processor to log impressions corresponding to the first messages and the second message, and to determine a duration impression for the media based on the logged impressions. The duration impression identifies the portions of the media that were presented at the client device.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Steven J. Splaine, Kevin K. Gaynor, Narasimha Reddy Goli
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Publication number: 20230109728Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes first means for performing a first mapping of a first media identifier and timestamp to a second media identifier in a look-up table (LUT), the first media identifier and timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier to identify the media, means for determining a third media identifier and a second timestamp based on media monitoring information (MMI) obtained from the server, the MMI obtained from the server in response to an access of the media identified by the third media identifier by a media device, second means for performing a second mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp to the first media identifier and timestamp in the LUT, and means for crediting access of the media to the media device based on the second mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Arun Ramaswamy, Kevin K. Gaynor, Chris G. Nicotra, Alan N. Bosworth
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Patent number: 11580576Abstract: An example apparatus includes: at least one memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: access a cookie at a client device, the cookie including a priority listing indicative of an order in which beacon requests are to be sent to ones of a plurality of database proprietors; cause a first beacon request to be sent to a first database proprietor server, the first database proprietor server corresponding to a highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the first beacon request indicative of access to media at the client device; and cause a second beacon request to be sent to a second database proprietor server, the second database proprietor server corresponding to a lower priority than the highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the second beacon request indicative of the access to the media at the client device.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Mainak Mazumdar, Kevin Geraghty, Ronan Heffernan, Mark Kalus, Ari Paparo, Steven J. Splaine, Alexandros Deliyannis
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Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Patent number: 11562098Abstract: Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, from a media device, a first identifier and a search term at a first server, the first identifier corresponding to at least one of the media device or a user of the media device, the search term associated with a search request, generating a second identifier based on the first identifier, sending the second identifier and the search term from the first server to a data collection server to facilitate the data collection server to logging the search request, and receiving user information associated with the search request from a database proprietor based on the second identifier.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Alan N. Bosworth, Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Steven J. Splaine, Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Kevin K. Gaynor -
Publication number: 20220335458Abstract: An example apparatus includes memory and at least one processor to execute first instructions. The first instructions cause the at least one processor to send second instructions from a first server to a client device. The second instructions cause the client device to send first messages to a second server at intervals based on a presentation of media via the client device. The second instructions cause the client device to send a second message to the second server based on a skip request associated with the presentation of the media via the client device. The first instructions further cause the at least one processor to log impressions corresponding to the first messages and the second message, and to determine a duration impression for the media based on the logged impressions. The duration impression identifies the portions of the media that were presented at the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Steven J. Splaine, Kevin K. Gaynor, Narasimha Reddy Goli