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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2023
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Michael Sheppard, Holland, MI (US);
Jonathan Sullivan, Hurricane, UT (US);
Michael D. Morgan, Bartlett, IL (US);
Balachander Shankar, Tampa, FL (US);
Edward Murphy, North Stonington, CT (US);
Frank Downing, Orchard Park, NY (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate synthetic respondent level data. Example apparatus disclosed herein include means for generating a synthetic panel corresponding to a duration of time, the means for generating the synthetic panel to: generate a transition matrix corresponding to a first sub-duration of the duration of time and a second sub-duration of the duration of time; generate, based on the transition matrix, a plurality of synthetic panelists and associated viewing data; remove first ones of the synthetic panelists associated with one or more weights that do not satisfy a threshold to generate the synthetic panel corresponding to the duration of time, the synthetic panel representative of audiences of media presented by a plurality of media devices during the duration of time; and generate synthetic respondent level data based on the viewing data associated with remaining second ones of the synthetic panelists.