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Palm Harbor, FL, United States of America

William Feininger

This inventor holds 23 USPTO granted patents, primarily in Audience Measurement Systems. Top assignees: The Nielsen Comapny (US), LLC, Csc Holdings, LLC, Nielsen Media Research, Inc.. Active years: 2007-2025.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: William Feininger. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/william-feininger

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

USPTO Granted Patents = 23

% Patents Active = 56.5

Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.9

ph-index = 12

Forward Citations = 720(Granted Patents)


Company Filing History:

goldMedal16 out of 2,274 
 
The Nielsen Comapny (US), LLC
 patents
silverMedal4 out of 281 
 
Csc Holdings, LLC
 patents
bronzeMedal2 out of 41 
 
Nielsen Media Research, Inc.
 patents
4. 1 out of 11 
 
Fourthwall Media, Inc.
 patents

Years Active: 2007-2025

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Areas of Expertise:
Audience Measurement
Data Privacy
Content Detection
Household Identifiers
Device Mapping
Transcoding Metadata
Program Reception
Digital Television
Interactive Metering
Content Skipping
Broadcast Signals
23 patents (USPTO):Explore Patents
1. 12219192 - Generating deterministic de-identified unique household identifiers (UHIDs) (2025-02-04),
2. 11711560 - Generating deterministic de-identified unique household identifiers (UHIDs) (2023-07-25),
3. 11228795 - System methodology for building deterministic household objects without third party (2022-01-18),
4. 10861053 - System and methodology for creating device, household and location mapping for advanced advertising (2020-12-08),
5. 10019770 - System and method for generating and transmitting data without personally identifiable information (2018-07-10),
6. 9900652 - Methods and apparatus for transcoding metadata (2018-02-20),
7. 9743135 - Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program (2017-08-22),
8. 9609034 - Methods and apparatus for transcoding metadata (2017-03-28),
9. 9350939 - Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program (2016-05-24),
10. 8989554 - Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program (2015-03-24),
11. 8869187 - Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs (2014-10-21),
12. 8776103 - Interactive service device metering systems (2014-07-08),
13. 8732738 - Audience measurement systems and methods for digital television (2014-05-20),
14. 8601163 - Methods and apparatus for transcoding metadata (2013-12-03),
15. 8065697 - Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs (2011-11-22),

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Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]
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