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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
John R. Burbank, New York, NY (US);
Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0256 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 63/0414 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2101 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2107 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2135 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed examples involve sending an encrypted identifier to a corresponding database proprietor via a network communication from a server of an audience measurement entity, the encrypted identifier identifying at least one of a device or a user of the device; receiving user information corresponding to the encrypted identifier from the corresponding database proprietor; and associating the user information with at least one of a search term collected at the device or a media impression logged for media accessed via the device.