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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Shi LU, San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shi Lu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/065 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (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 receiving first information indicative of a first network interface device used at a first time, receiving second information indicative of a first Internet protocol (IP) address used at the first time, and identifying an instance of mobile broadband data card Internet access when the first network interface device is a broadband data card and the first IP address is associated with a first broadband Internet service provider (ISP).