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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
May. 11, 2018
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Shi Lu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0203 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/065 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 61/2514 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to measure mobile broadband market share. A disclosed example method involves invoking an adapter query on a computing device in response to detecting a request for Internet services, identifying a plurality of available adapters on the computing device based on the adapter query, and determining whether the computing device includes a mobile broadband service provider based on which one of the plurality of available adapters is servicing the request for Internet services.