The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2020
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 (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying portable devices carried by the same person. An example system includes receiving media exposure data over a data network from at least one of a plurality of portable computing devices, motion strings to be received over the data network respectively from each of the plurality of portable computing devices, each of the strings including a successive binary representation of motion over a first period of time, the first period of time divided into a plurality of sub-periods of time, and comparing the motion strings to determine if at least two motion strings match within a predetermined threshold, and identify the devices that produced matching motion strings as being physically carried by a same person.