US 11,758,229 B2
Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data
Jonathan Sullivan, Hurricane, UT (US); Michael D. Morgan, Bartlett, IL (US); Balachander Shankar, Tampa, FL (US); Edward Murphy, North Stonington, CT (US); Michael Sheppard, Holland, MI (US); and Frank Downing, Orchard Park, NY (US)
Assigned to The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,612.
Application 17/902,612 is a continuation of application No. 17/493,653, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,438,662.
Application 17/493,653 is a continuation of application No. 16/805,361, filed on Feb. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,140,449, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Application 16/805,361 is a continuation of application No. 15/445,557, filed on Feb. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,602,224, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070980 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0202 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 21/4667 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0206 (2013.01); H04N 21/239 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/6156 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one memory;
instructions; and
programmable circuitry to execute the instructions to:
identify locations corresponding to monitored panelists;
when a first one of the identified locations corresponds to an affiliate, assign first data of households in the first one of the identified locations to the affiliate;
generate a seed panel, the seed panel to include at least one of the monitored panelists selected based on a population associated with return path data; and
donate second data associated with a donor pool of first panelists to second panelists included in the seed panel, the second panelists associated with faulty media monitoring equipment.