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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to correct for deterioration of a demographic model to associate demographic information with media impression information
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Application No.: US17156349Application Date: 2021-01-22
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Publication No.: US11381860B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Michael Sheppard , Jonathan Sullivan , Matthew B. Reid , Alejandro Terrazas
- 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 & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04N21/258
- IPC: H04N21/258 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04N21/466 ; H04N21/25 ; G06F17/18

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to correct for deterioration of a demographic model to associate demographic information with media impression information are disclosed. An example method includes estimating first and second ages of audience members based on demographic information; estimating a third age of an audience member who is not included in the audience members; applying a window function to the second ages to determine a distribution of ages based on the third age; multiplying window values by the first ages to determine corrected first age components; dividing a total of the corrected first age components by a sum of the window values to determine an estimated age of the audience member at a first time; and determining the corrected age of the audience member at a second time based on the estimated age of the audience member at the first time and a time difference between the first and second times.
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