Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11580576-B2
Application number	US-202117378529-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2021
Priority date	Sep 22, 2010
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

An example apparatus includes: at least one memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: access a cookie at a client device, the cookie including a priority listing indicative of an order in which beacon requests are to be sent to ones of a plurality of database proprietors; cause a first beacon request to be sent to a first database proprietor server, the first database proprietor server corresponding to a highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the first beacon request indicative of access to media at the client device; and cause a second beacon request to be sent to a second database proprietor server, the second database proprietor server corresponding to a lower priority than the highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the second beacon request indicative of the access to the media at the client device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one memory;
instructions in the apparatus; and
processor circuitry to execute the instructions to:
access a cookie at a client device, the cookie including a priority listing indicative of an order in which beacon requests are to be sent to ones of a plurality of database proprietors;
cause a first beacon request to be sent to a first database proprietor server, the first database proprietor server corresponding to a highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the first beacon request indicative of access to media at the client device; and
cause a second beacon request to be sent to a second database proprietor server, the second database proprietor server corresponding to a lower priority than the highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the second beacon request indicative of the access to the media at the client device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to cause the client device to send the second beacon request to the second database proprietor server in response to the client device not being registered at the first database proprietor server.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to update the priority listing in the cookie.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to cause the client device to send the second beacon request in response to a redirect response from the first database proprietor server.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is to execute a uniform resource locator (URL) scrape instruction, the URL scrape instruction to cause the client device to: (1) read a URL of a website from an address bar of a web browser at the client device, and (2) send the URL in the first beacon request.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to cause the client device to send at least one of a media identifier or user identification information in the first beacon request.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to cause the client device to send the first beacon request based on second instructions in the media.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed, cause processor circuitry to at least:
access a cookie at a client device, the cookie including a priority listing indicative of an order in which beacon requests are to be sent to ones of a plurality of database proprietors;
cause a first beacon request to be sent to a first database proprietor server, the first database proprietor server corresponding to a highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the first beacon request indicative of access to media at the client device; and
cause a second beacon request to be sent to a second database proprietor server, the second database proprietor server corresponding to a lower priority than the highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the second beacon request indicative of the access to the media at the client device.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, are to cause the processor circuitry to cause the client device to send the second beacon request to the second database proprietor server in response to the client device not being registered at the first database proprietor server.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, are to cause the processor circuitry to update the priority listing in the cookie.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed, are to cause the processor circuitry to cause the client device to send the second beacon request in response to a redirect response from the first database proprietor server.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, are to cause the processor circuitry to execute a uniform resource locator (URL) scrape instruction, the URL scrape instruction to cause the client device to: (1) read a URL of a website from an address bar of a web browser at the client device, and (2) send the URL in the first beacon request.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, are to cause the processor circuitry to cause the client device to send at least one of a media identifier or user identification information in the first beacon request.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, are to cause the processor circuitry to cause the client device to send the first beacon request based on second instructions in the media.

15. A method comprising:
accessing, by executing an instruction with a processor, a cookie at a client device, the cookie including a priority listing indicative of an order in which beacon requests are to be sent to ones of a plurality of database proprietors;
sending, by executing the instruction with the processor, a first beacon request to a first database proprietor server corresponding to a highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the first beacon request indicative of access to media at the client device; and
sending, by executing the instruction with the processor, a second beacon request to a second database proprietor server corresponding to a lower priority than the highest priority in the priority listing of the cookie, the second beacon request indicative of the access to the media at the client device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the sending of the second beacon request to the second database proprietor server is in response to the client device not being registered at the first database proprietor server.

17. The method of claim 15 , further including executing a uniform resource locator (URL) scrape instruction, the URL scrape instruction to cause the client device to: (1) read a URL of a website from an address bar of a web browser at the client device, and (2) send the URL in the first beacon request.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the sending of the second beacon request is in response to a redirect response from the first database proprietor server.

19. The method of claim 15 , further including sending at least one of a media identifier or user identification information in the first beacon request.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the sending of the first beacon request is based on second instructions in the media.

Assignees

• Nielsen Co Us Llc

Inventors

• Mazumdar Mainak
• Geraghty Kevin
• Heffernan Ronan
• Kalus Mark
• Paparo Ari
• Splaine Steven J
• Deliyannis Alexandros

Classifications

• H04L67/535

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• H04L67/56

  Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0201

  Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data · CPC title

• G06Q30/0241

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