US 12,010,191 B2
Methods and apparatus to share online media impressions data
Amitabh Seth, Saratoga, CA (US); and Brahmanand Reddy Shivampet, Oak Park, CA (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 May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,220.
Application 16/740,046 is a division of application No. 15/974,472, filed on May 8, 2018, granted, now 10,536,543, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Application 17/743,220 is a continuation of application No. 16/740,046, filed on Jan. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,356,521.
Application 15/974,472 is a continuation of application No. 14/871,630, filed on Sep. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,027,773, issued on Jul. 17, 2018.
Application 14/871,630 is a continuation of application No. 13/915,381, filed on Jun. 11, 2013, granted, now 9,215,288, issued on Dec. 15, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/810,235, filed on Apr. 9, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/658,233, filed on Jun. 11, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 2013204865 (AU), filed on Apr. 12, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272170 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/50 (2022.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01); H04L 67/563 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 67/535 (2022.05) [G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.05); H04L 67/563 (2022.05); G06Q 30/0242 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a communications interface to receive a network communication at a database proprietor server, the network communication being from a client device, the network communication including one or more audience measurement entity cookie identifiers associated with one or more audience measurement entity cookies, the one or more audience measurement entity cookies are from an audience measurement entity server and stored in the client device; and
a cookie mapper to generate one or more cookie mappings of the audience measurement entity cookies to respective one or more database proprietor cookies, the one or more database proprietor cookies are from the database proprietor server and stored in the client device,
the communications interface to send one or more re-direct messages to cause the client device to send the one or more cookie mappings in a batch to the audience measurement entity server, a re-direct message of the one or more re-direct messages including a first database proprietor cookie identifier, a first audience measurement entity cookie identifier, and an indication of association between the first database proprietor cookie identifier and the first audience measurement entity cookie identifier, at least one of the communications interface or the cookie mapper to include circuitry.