Methods and apparatus to monitor subscriber activity

US9509839B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9509839-B2
Application numberUS-201414486627-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 15, 2014
Priority dateOct 1, 2008
Publication dateNov 29, 2016
Grant dateNov 29, 2016

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Methods and apparatus to respond to monitor subscriber activity are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first set of client telephone number (TN) data associated with a client and a current time period, and receiving a second set of client TN data associated with a prior time period. The example method also includes receiving a first set of subscriber activity data associated with the current time period, identifying a TN that is in the first set of subscriber activity data and is absent from at least one of the first or second sets of client TN data, and identifying the TN with at least one of a new inroad for a competitor or a new inroad for the client based on at least one activity code from the first set of subscriber activity data.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method to identify a telecommunication service provider, comprising: reducing a number of queries to third-party databases to improve a query efficiency by: verifying quality of an obtained set of service provider telephone number (TN) data including a plurality of TNs, the verifying of the quality indicative of a characteristic of the set of service provide data satisfying a threshold; in response to verifying the quality of the set of service provider…

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What does patent US9509839B2 cover?
Methods and apparatus to respond to monitor subscriber activity are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first set of client telephone number (TN) data associated with a client and a current time period, and receiving a second set of client TN data associated with a prior time period. The example method also includes receiving a first set of subscriber activity data associated with…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nielsen Co Us Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04M3/42297. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 29 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).