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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2011
Trevor I. Blumenau, Plano, TX (US);
David H. Harkness, Wilton, CT (US);
Manish Bhatia, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Trevor I. Blumenau, Plano, TX (US);
David H. Harkness, Wilton, CT (US);
Manish Bhatia, Cranbury, NJ (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for using a browser history file to determine web site reach are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a message from a first computer at a second computer after a browser history at the first computer is populated with information, wherein the message includes an identity indication of the first computer and the browser history is maintained by browser functionality native to the browser and sending an application to the first computer from the second computer in response to the message, wherein, when the application is executed at the first computer, the application accesses the browser history, extracts a portion of the browser history, and inserts the extracted portion of the browser history into a communication directed to a third computer.