US 12,231,512 B2
Measurement of internet media consumption
Kevin Keqiang Deng, Oldsmar, FL (US); and Joseph Kerkes, Lutz, FL (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. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,503.
Application 18/460,503 is a continuation of application No. 17/976,727, filed on Oct. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,785,107.
Application 17/976,727 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/029938, filed on Apr. 29, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/029938 is a continuation of application No. 16/864,118, filed on Apr. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,553,054, issued on Jan. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129376 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/535 (2022.05) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A computing system comprising: a processor; and memory having stored thereon machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause performance of operations comprising: collecting network traffic on a network at a media environment, wherein the network traffic is associated with a request by a client device to access media over the Internet; based on the network traffic, determining a network traffic pattern from comprising a set of domain names corresponding to the request; and generating a domain pattern signature based on the set of domain names of the network traffic pattern and one or more device characteristics of the client device.