IP Library Granted Patent US 10,469,890
Granted Patent B2
US 10,469,890 · App. 15/990,341 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Systems and methods to select targeted advertising

Inventor: Michael John Zenor (Cedar Park, TX)
Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
H04N21/2668G06Q30/02G06Q30/0242H04N21/252H04N21/25883H04N21/812
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Patent No.
US 10,469,890
App. No.
15/990,341
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods to select targeted advertising for display are disclosed. An example system to select a targeted advertisement includes an opportunity calculator to assign a household to a consumer segment based on (1) geodemographic characteristics of the household and (2) characteristics of the consumer segment. The example system also includes a collaborative filter to: determine, for the consumer segment assigned to the household, a relationship metric between purchases of a first product and purchases of a second product; determine an expected consumption of the first product by the household based on (1) the relationship metric and (2) actual consumption of the first product by the household; determine an opportunity metric based on a quantity difference between the expected consumption of the first product by the household and the actual consumption of the first product by the household; and improve advertising resource utilization by permitting exposure of the targeted advertisement to the household when the opportunity metric satisfies a threshold, wherein at least one of the collaborative filter, or the opportunity calculator is implemented using a processor.

Claims (12)

1. A system to select a targeted advertisement, comprising:

means for assigning a household to a consumer segment based on (1) geodemographic characteristics of the household and (2) characteristics of the consumer segment; and

means for determining to:

for the consumer segment assigned to the household, determine a relationship metric between purchases of a first product and purchases of a second product;

determine an expected consumption of the first product by the household based on (1) the relationship metric and (2) actual consumption of the first product by the household;

determine an opportunity metric based on a quantity difference between the expected consumption of the first product by the household and the actual consumption of the first product by the household; and

improve advertising resource utilization by permitting exposure of the targeted advertisement to the household when the opportunity metric satisfies a threshold.

2. The system as defined in claim 1 , further including means for determining media response to determine a saturation metric for the household with respect to the targeted advertisement.

3. The system as defined in claim 2 , further including means for selecting advertisement to select the targeted advertisement for delivery to the household based on the opportunity metric and the saturation metric associated with the targeted advertisement.

4. The system as defined in claim 3 , further including means for delivering media to deliver the targeted advertisement to a media presentation device associated with the household.

5. The system as defined in claim 4 , further including means for associating programming to generate an association between the advertisement and a program, the generating means to select the advertisement based on the association of the advertisement to the program.

6. The system as defined in claim 2 , wherein the means for determining media response is to determine the saturation metric based on a number of times the advertisement has been presented to the household.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE (REEL 054066 / FRAME 0064) Recorded May 11, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063605/0001 →
RELEASE (REEL 053473 / FRAME 0001) Recorded May 11, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063603/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063574/0632 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063561/0381 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063560/0547 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENTS LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 RECORDED ON 6-9-2020 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 053473 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SUPPLEMENTAL IP SECURITY AGREEMENT. Recorded Oct 7, 2020
From: A.C. NIELSEN (ARGENTINA) S.A.; A.C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION; ACNIELSEN ERATINGS.COM; AFFINNOVA, INC.; ART HOLDING, L.L.C.; ATHENIAN LEASING CORPORATION; CZT/ACN TRADEMARKS, L.L.C.; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC; NIELSEN AUDIO, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER INSIGHTS, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE, INC.; NIELSEN FINANCE CO.; NIELSEN FINANCE LLC; NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC; NMR INVESTING I, INC.; TCG DIVESTITURE INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; VIZU CORPORATION; VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.; NMR LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.; NIELSEN HOLDING AND FINANCE B.V.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY B.V.; VNU INTERNATIONAL B.V.
To: CITIBANK, N.A
Reel/Frame 054066/0064 →
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 9, 2020
From: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION; ACNIELSEN ERATINGS.COM; AFFINNOVA, INC.; ART HOLDING, L.L.C.; ATHENIAN LEASING CORPORATION; CZT/ACN TRADEMARKS, L.L.C.; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; NETRATINGS, LLC; NIELSEN AUDIO, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER INSIGHTS, INC.; NIELSEN CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE, INC.; NIELSEN FINANCE CO.; NIELSEN FINANCE LLC; NIELSEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; NIELSEN MOBILE, LLC; NIELSEN UK FINANCE I, LLC; NMR INVESTING I, INC.; TCG DIVESTITURE INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC; VIZU CORPORATION; VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.; NMR LICENSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.; NIELSEN HOLDING AND FINANCE B.V.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY B.V.; VNU INTERNATIONAL B.V.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053473/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2018
From: ZENOR, MICHAEL JOHN
To: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Reel/Frame 046764/0774 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12964481 · Dec 9, 2010
Provisional Application 61355882 · Jun 17, 2010
Related Publication 20180278980A1 · Sep 27, 2018