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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Anand Jain, Ellicott City, MD (US);
John Stavropoulos, Edison, NJ (US);
Alan Neuhauser, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Wendell Lynch, East Lansing, MI (US);
Vladimir Kuznetsov, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jack Crystal, Owings Mills, MD (US);
The Nielsen Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying portable devices carried by the same person. An example method includes receiving media exposure data from one of a plurality of portable computing devices. Receiving segmented accelerometer data from the plurality of portable computing devices. Forming accelerometer classification data for the plurality of portable computing devices based on features extracted from the segmented accelerometer data. Comparing the accelerometer classification data for the first portable computing device to accelerometer classification data for the plurality of portable computing devices, to determine if the accelerometer classification data for the first portable computing device is sufficiently similar to a second portable computing devices. The example method further includes identifying the first and second portable computing device as being physically carried by a same person when the comparison determines that the accelerometer classification data for the first portable computing device is sufficiently similar to the second computing devices.