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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:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 43/106 (2013.01); Y02B 60/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed which credit background applications. Examples disclosed herein set a threshold for bandwidth activity based on the bandwidth pattern. Examples disclosed herein compare a bandwidth usage of the application executing in the background to the threshold for bandwidth activity. Examples disclosed herein determine a state of the application executing in the background as one of active or inactive based on the comparing, and generate a log file comprising an identification of the application, a timestamp, and the state of the application.