Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12095878
APP PUB NO 20230336638A1
SERIAL NO

18340265

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Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least receive demographic information from a user, transmit the demographic information to a central facility, cause storage of a consent identifier in a pasteboard of the media device, the consent identifier accessible to a first instrumented application and a second instrumented application executed in a sandbox environment, the consent identifier to indicate to the first instrumented application and the second instrumented application that monitoring is allowed, access the consent identifier from the pasteboard, present media, generate monitoring information if the consent identifier permits collection of monitoring information, not generate monitoring information if the consent identifier does not permit the collection of the monitoring information, and transmit the monitoring information to the central facility.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US) LLC85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK NY 10004

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Borawski, Albert T Oldsmar, US 48 635
Bosworth, Alan N Oldsmar, US 27 387
Cooper, Scott Oldsmar, US 82 721
Gaynor, Kevin K Manteca, US 51 562

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