PEER-TO-PEER PRIVACY PANEL FOR AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20110153391A1
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12643647

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Systems and methods for operating an anonymous peer-to-peer (“P2P”) privacy panel for audience measurement is disclosed. A plurality of portable devices are configured to record and process research data pursuant to a research operation. Each of the panelists associated with each portable devices provide panelist data to a central site, where the panelist data includes demographic information, previous media exposure data, and other data. In accordance with panelist data, a customized P2P network is created where media exposure data is obfuscated and communicate among portable devices in the network. By utilizing a P2P network together with obfuscation techniques, panelist privacy is greatly increased.

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

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TENBROCK, MICHAEL Columbia, US 22 976

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