Joseph G Milavsky

US Patent:

8505042, Aug 6, 2013

Filed:

Dec 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/618442

Inventors:

Charles C. Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Christen V. Nielsen - Palm Harbor FL, US
Joseph G. Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04H 60/32

US Classification:

725 14, 725 18, 725 20

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for identifying viewing information associated with a digital media device are disclosed. In an example method, data conveyed via a data bus communicatively coupled to a processor and a data storage device associated with the digital media device is monitored. Event information associated with the digital media device is extracted from the data and the viewing information is identified based on the event information.

US Patent:

20070050832, Mar 1, 2007

Filed:

Aug 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/465260

Inventors:

David Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US
Joseph Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US
Morris Lee - Palm Harbor FL, US
William Feininger - Palm Harbor FL, US
Charles Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Vasiliki Koutsopanagos - Palm Harbor FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/173
H04N 7/16
H04H 9/00

US Classification:

725115000, 725009000, 725010000, 725004000, 725145000

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises displaying a previously recorded program on a display, determining a possible original broadcast time corresponding to the previously recorded program, determining program identifying information corresponding to the previously recorded program, and processing the possible original broadcast time information and the program identifying information to compare the previously recorded program with a known broadcast program.

US Patent:

20100151816, Jun 17, 2010

Filed:

Dec 16, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/336338

Inventors:

Robert Luff - New York NY, US
David Howell Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US
Paul Mears - Safety Harbor FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Joseph G. Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/26

US Classification:

455405

Abstract:

Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member, determining a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, accessing geographic information and determining a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, accessing demographic information and determining a demographic profile associated with the geographic location, and associating at least one of the geographic location or the demographic profile with the media device.

US Patent:

20120011533, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Sep 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/240805

Inventors:

David Howell Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US
Joseph Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US
Morris Lee - Palm Harbor FL, US
William A. Feininger - Palm Harbor FL, US
Charles Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Vasiliki Koutsopanagos - Palm Harbor FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US

International Classification:

H04H 60/32

US Classification:

725 21

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises processing first bus information obtained by monitoring a bus of a time shifting device to determine a record time corresponding to when the time-shifting device stored data associated with first media content being recorded for later presentation, processing second bus information obtained by monitoring the bus of the time shifting device to determine a playback time corresponding to when the time-shifting device later retrieved the data to present the recorded first media content, and estimating a possible distribution time corresponding to when the first media content was initially distributed to the time-shifting device based on a difference between the playback time and the record time.

US Patent:

20210295360, Sep 23, 2021

Filed:

Mar 22, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/208709

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Paul Mears - Safety Harbor FL, US
Joseph G. Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US
Robert A. Luff - Wittman MD, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
David Howell Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus are to obtain a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus are also to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, associate a geographic area with the media device in response to a determination that the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic area, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.

US Patent:

20200380542, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

Jun 15, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/901969

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Paul Mears - Safety Harbor FL, US
Joseph G. Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US
Robert A. Luff - Wittman MD, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
David Howell Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02
H04L 29/08
H04W 4/02

Abstract:

Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus also include means for resolving addresses, the means for resolving to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, in response to determining the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, associate a geographic area with the media device, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic are, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.

US Patent:

20190095938, Mar 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug 24, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/112366

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Paul Mears - Safety Harbor FL, US
Joseph G. Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US
Robert A. Luff - Wittman MD, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
David Howell Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02
H04L 29/08
H04W 4/02
H04L 29/12
H04L 12/26

Abstract:

Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member, determining a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, accessing geographic information and determining a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, accessing demographic information and determining a demographic profile associated with the geographic location, and associating at least one of the geographic location or the demographic profile with the media device.

US Patent:

20170078727, Mar 16, 2017

Filed:

Nov 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/359129

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
John Charles Coughlin - Clearwater FL, US
Molly Poppie - Arlington Heights IL, US
Marie Kramer - Tarpon Springs FL, US
Brian Fuhrer - Palm Harbor FL, US
Albert T. Borawski - Oldsmar FL, US
Joseph G. Milavsky - Dunedin FL, US
Paul Donato - New York NY, US
Balachander Shankar - Tampa FL, US
David J. Kurzynski - South Elgin IL, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/2668
H04N 21/25
H04N 21/24
H04N 21/466
H04N 21/81
H04N 21/234
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/442

Abstract:

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand and dynamically inserted advertisement viewing probability. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a category manager to identify a targeting strategy for advertisements associated with media presented in a first set of households and a second set of households, a probability engine to calculate a baseline viewing probability for a non-time shifted presentation of the media in the first set of households and the second set of households, and in response to identifying presentations of the media having a subsequent temporal sequence from the non-time shifted presentation, calculate corresponding time-shifted viewing probabilities of the media for the first set of households and the second set of households, and an imputation engine to generate viewing probability trend information of the media for the first set of households and the second set of households, the viewing probability trend information based on the respective time-shifted viewing probabilities, and adjust the targeting strategy to reduce wasteful targeting of the advertisements, the adjustment to select one of the first set of households or the second set of households to insert the advertisements based on the viewing probability trend information.