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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Jan Besehanic, Tampa, FL (US);
Paul Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Joseph G. Milavsky, Dunedin, FL (US);
Robert A. Luff, Wittman, MD (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
David Howell Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus also include means for resolving addresses, the means for resolving to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, in response to determining the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, associate a geographic area with the media device, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic are, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.