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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:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, Schaumburg, IL (US);

Inventors:

Mainak Mazumdar, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Kevin Geraghty, Dublin, CA (US);

Ronan Heffernan, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);

Mark Kalus, New York, NY (US);

Ari Paparo, New York, NY (US);

Steven J. Splaine, Tampa, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0246 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method involves receiving, at a first internet domain, a first request from a client device, the first request indicative of access to media at the client. The first request includes identifying information identifying the media. A substitute value is generated at the first internet domain, the substitute value corresponding to the identifying information and obfuscating an identity of the media. If the client is not known, a response including the substitute value in place of the identifying information is sent from the first internet domain to the client. The response instructs the client to send a second request to a second internet domain, the second request includes the substitute value to hide the identity of the media within the second internet domain. If the client is known, an impression of the media is logged without sending the second request to the second internet domain.


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