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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2021
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Sullivan, Hurricane, UT (US);

Peter Lipa, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael Sheppard, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Alejandro Terrazas, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44226 (2020.08); H04N 21/4661 (2013.01); H04N 21/4665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to estimate demographics of a household are disclosed. An example method to determine demographics for non-panelist households includes calculating a first demographic constraint average and a second demographic constraint average based on a first demographic distribution of a first tuning event of a household and a second demographic distribution of a second tuning event of the household. The household is a non-panelist household. The example method also includes, based on the first demographic constraint average, determining a first likelihood of the household being associated with a first demographic constraint. The example method also includes, based on the second demographic constraint average, determining a second likelihood of the household being associated with a second demographic constraint. The example method also includes estimating a household characteristic of the household based on the first likelihood and the second likelihood.


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