Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area
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Application No.: US16112366Application Date: 2018-08-24
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Publication No.: US10685365B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Jan Besehanic , Paul Mears , Joseph G. Milavsky , Robert A. Luff , Arun Ramaswamy , David Howell Wright
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight and Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/02 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L12/26

Abstract:
Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member, determining a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, accessing geographic information and determining a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, accessing demographic information and determining a demographic profile associated with the geographic location, and associating at least one of the geographic location or the demographic profile with the media device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190095938A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA DEVICES WITH A DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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