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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
John W. Hebeler, Jr., Ellicott City, MD (US);
Prasad V. Kunchakarra, Clarksville, MD (US);
Thomas L. Dietz, III, Ellicott City, MD (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A tangible computer readable storage disk or device comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to merge usage data to generate session data is disclosed. An example computer readable storage disk or device includes instructions to gather first usage data representative of usage of first media on the machine, the first media being received from an external network source, the first usage data corresponding to at least one of (i) a first media type or (ii) a first user agent associated with the media; gather second usage data representative of usage of second media on the machine, the second media being received from a source that is local to the machine, the second usage data corresponding to at least one of (i) a second media type or (ii) a second user agent associated with the media; and merge the first usage data and the second usage data into a respective user session to generate session data.