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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
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); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); 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); H04W 12/00512 (2019.01); H04W 12/00514 (2019.01); H04W 12/00518 (2019.01);
Abstract
Disclosed examples include providing encrypted identifiers identifying at least one of a device or a user of the device for sending to corresponding database proprietors; accessing user information corresponding to the encrypted identifiers, the user information received from the corresponding database proprietors; and associating the user information with at least one of a search term collected at the device or a media impression logged for media presented at the device.