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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:

Nov. 10, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Achilleas Papakostas, Dallas, TX (US);

Susan Cimino, Odessa, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04N 21/258 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44227 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to expand panelist enrollment are disclosed. An example first media device includes processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to scan at least one local area network to which the first media device is connected, store an identification of a second media device connected to the at least one local area network, in response to scan of the at least one local area network indicating that the second media device is commonly connected to the at least one local area network with the first media device, add the identification of the second media device to a fingerprint, and transmit the fingerprint to a central facility.


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