US 12,355,845 B2
Methods and apparatus for census and panel matching using HTTP headers
Cary Pillers, Dallas, TX (US); and Suraj Jagga, Oldsmar, 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. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,891.
Application 17/466,891 is a continuation of application No. 16/368,266, filed on Mar. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,115,483.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400114 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/146 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 67/025 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/146 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media device comprising:
a processor; and
memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the media device to be configured to:
access a first session identifier set by an on-device meter loaded on the media device, wherein the first session identifier is associated with a current user of the media device;
position the first session identifier within a header field of a first HTTPS network message;
transmit the first network message to a proxy server, wherein the proxy server is configured to parse the first session identifier from the HTTPS header field;
after transmitting the first HTTPS network message to the proxy server, determine that the on-device meter has re-loaded;
in response to determining that the on-device meter has re-loaded, access a second session identifier set by the on-device meter subsequent to setting the first session identifier, wherein the second session identifier is different from the first session identifier;
position the second session identifier within a header field of a second HTTPS network message; and
transmit the second HTTPS network message to the proxy server, wherein the first session identifier or the second session identifier is transmitted to a monitoring entity, the monitoring entity configured to associate the first session identifier or the second session identifier with at least a panel identifier.