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Granted Patent B2
US 12,114,028 · App. 18/358,023 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Methods and apparatus to determine media exposure of a panelist

Inventors: Jeremey M. Davis (New Port Richey, FL); Nicholas Mannion (Towson, MD)
Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
H04N21/2407G06Q30/0201H04N21/8355H04N21/8456
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Patent No.
US 12,114,028
App. No.
18/358,023
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine media exposure of a panelist are disclosed. An example apparatus include memory; computer readable instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the computer readable instructions to: determine an anonymized identifier from media monitoring data corresponding to a personal people meter of a panelist; filter anonymized census data from a plurality of media devices based on the anonymized identifier; when second media data different than first media data is included in the media monitoring data during a same time duration, tag the time duration as corresponding to multiple media exposure; and credit exposure to media for the panelist based on the tag.

Claims (34)

1. An audience measurement computing system comprising:

at least one processor;

memory having stored therein computer readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the audience measurement computing system to perform a set of operations including:

determining that census data corresponding to a panelist includes first media data that is not included in media monitoring data for the panelist during a first time period;

responsive to determining that the census data corresponding to the panelist includes first media data that is not included in the media monitoring data for the panelist, generating backfilled media monitoring data for the panelist by supplementing the media monitoring data for the panelist during the first time period with the first media data;

determining, based on media data in at least one of the census data and the media monitoring data, that the panelist is associated with simultaneous exposure to multiple distinct media sources during a second time period; and

responsive to determining that the panelist is associated with simultaneous exposure to multiple distinct media sources during the second time period, augmenting the backfilled media monitoring data for the panelist to indicate that the second time period included simultaneous media exposures to multiple distinct media sources.

2. The audience measurement computing system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include obtaining the census data corresponding to the panelist by filtering anonymized census data using an anonymized identifier corresponding to the panelist.

3. The audience measurement computing system of claim 2 , wherein the operations further include determining the anonymized identifier corresponding to the panelist.

4. The audience measurement computing system of claim 2 , wherein the anonymized census data corresponds to media accessed by a plurality of media devices, the anonymized census data including anonymized identifiers for the plurality of media devices.

5. The audience measurement computing system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include crediting media exposure for the panelist based on the augmented backfilled media monitoring data.

6. The audience measurement computing system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include obtaining the media monitoring data for the panelist from a meter device associated with the panelist.

7. The computing system of claim 6 , further including the meter device, the meter device configured to generate the media monitoring data based on ambient audio samples.

8. A method comprising:

determining that census data corresponding to a panelist includes first media data that is not included in media monitoring data for the panelist during a first time period;

responsive to determining that the census data corresponding to the panelist includes first media data that is not included in the media monitoring data for the panelist, generating backfilled media monitoring data for the panelist by supplementing the media monitoring data for the panelist during the first time period with the first media data;

determining, based on media data in at least one of the census data and the media monitoring data, that the panelist is associated with simultaneous exposure to multiple distinct media sources during a second time period; and

responsive to determining that the panelist is associated with simultaneous exposure to multiple distinct media sources during the second time period, augmenting the backfilled media monitoring data for the panelist to indicate that the second time period included simultaneous media exposures to multiple distinct media sources.

9. The method of claim 8 , further including obtaining the census data corresponding to the panelist by filtering anonymized census data using an anonymized identifier corresponding to the panelist.

10. The method of claim 9 , further including determining the anonymized identifier corresponding to the panelist.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the anonymized census data corresponds to media accessed by a plurality of media devices, the anonymized census data including anonymized identifiers for the plurality of media devices.

12. The method of claim 8 , further including crediting media exposure for the panelist based on the augmented backfilled media monitoring data.

13. The method of claim 8 , further including obtaining the media monitoring data for the panelist from a meter device associated with the panelist.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the meter device is configured to generate the media monitoring data based on ambient audio samples.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, upon execution by at least one processor, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:

determining that census data corresponding to a panelist includes first media data that is not included in media monitoring data for the panelist during a first time period;

responsive to determining that the census data corresponding to the panelist includes first media data that is not included in the media monitoring data for the panelist, generating backfilled media monitoring data for the panelist by supplementing the media monitoring data for the panelist during the first time period with the first media data;

determining, based on media data in at least one of the census data and the media monitoring data, that the panelist is associated with simultaneous exposure to multiple distinct media sources during a second time period; and

responsive to determining that the panelist is associated with simultaneous exposure to multiple distinct media sources during the second time period, augmenting the backfilled media monitoring data for the panelist to indicate that the second time period included simultaneous media exposures to multiple distinct media sources.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further include obtaining the census data corresponding to the panelist by filtering anonymized census data using an anonymized identifier corresponding to the panelist.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further include determining the anonymized identifier corresponding to the panelist.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the anonymized census data corresponds to media accessed by a plurality of media devices, the anonymized census data including anonymized identifiers for the plurality of media devices.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further include crediting media exposure for the panelist based on the augmented backfilled media monitoring data.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further include obtaining the media monitoring data for the panelist from a meter device associated with the panelist.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2023
From: DAVIS, JEREMEY M.; MANNION, NICHOLAS
To: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Reel/Frame 064368/0663 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17328987 · May 24, 2021
Continuation 16230605 · Dec 21, 2018
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