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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Alan N. Bosworth, Odessa, FL (US);
Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Allen, TX (US);
Steven J. Splaine, Tampa, FL (US);
Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Oak Park, CA (US);
Kevin K. Gaynor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An example method to monitor usage of a device includes collecting first and second identifiers based on use of an application that does not employ cookies, the first identifier identifying at least one of the device or a user of the device to a first database proprietor, and the second identifier identifying the at least one of the device or the user of the device to a second database proprietor; sending the first identifier to a first server associated with the first database proprietor, sending the second identifier to a second server associated with the second database proprietor; and sending to a data collection server at least one of a media identifier indicative of media accessed via the application at the device or a search term used via the application at the device.