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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:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses are disclosed for identifying portable devices carried by the same person. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions on the apparatus, and a processor to execute the instructions to access media exposure data from at least one of a plurality of portable computing devices, access motion strings from each of the plurality of portable computing devices, each of said strings comprising a successive binary representation of motion over a first period of time, compare the motion strings in a processor to determine if at least two motion strings match within a predetermined threshold, and identify the devices that produced matching motion strings.


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