Brian Scott Mello

8514907, Aug 20, 2013

Oct 23, 2007

11/877413

David H. Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US
Kamal Nasser - Palm Harbor FL, US
Jeff L. Herrmann - Chicago IL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

H04B 1/00

375132, 348729, 463 40, 709231, 715203

Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture meter media content presented on a wireless communication device are disclosed. A disclosed example method receives media content via a wireless communication device. The media content is to be presented via the wireless communication device. First information is generated indicative of a media presentation mode of a media presentation application executed by the wireless communication device to present the media content. Second information is generated indicative of the media content presented via the wireless communication device. The first information is stored in association with the second information in the wireless communication device.

20080056675, Mar 6, 2008

May 18, 2007

11/750881

David Wright - Tampa FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Brian Mello - Valrico FL, US
David Croy - Palm Harbor FL, US

H04N 5/91

386095000, 386E05003

Methods and apparatus for detecting space-shifted media content associated with a digital recording/playback device are disclosed. An example method for detecting space-shifted media content includes receiving media content at a first recording/playback device at a first viewing site at a monitored location, requesting data associated with the media content from a second device at the monitored location, and determining if the data associated with the media content indicates that the media content has been space-shifted to the first recording/playback device.

20080140479, Jun 12, 2008

Oct 23, 2007

11/877433

Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
David H. Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US

G06Q 10/00

705 7

Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor consumer behavior associated with location-based web services are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a query from a mobile device including a query criterion and a first location identifier. A second location identifier is retrieved from a database that associates the second location identifier with an advertisement identifier indicative of an advertisement at a fixed location. The advertisement indicated by the advertisement identifier is credited as having been exposed to a user of the mobile device in response to the first location identifier matching the second location identifier or the first location identifier indicating a first location within a distance of a second location indicated by the second location identifier.

20080263579, Oct 23, 2008

Apr 18, 2008

12/106040

Paul M. Mears - Safety Harbor FL, US
Robert A. Luff - Wittman MD, US
Robert Joel Stokes - Palm Harbor FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Charles Clinton Conklin - New Port Richey FL, US
Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US
Seth Alan Pelletier - New Port Richey FL, US
Perry Joseph Fisch - Palm Harbor FL, US

H04H 60/33

725 9

Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to collect metering information associated with media presented by portable and computer media presentation devices are disclosed. A disclosed example method accesses a first data structure including metering information generated by at least one of first media presentation software executed by a personal computer or second media presentation software executed by a portable media presentation device. The metering information is associated with media presented by at least one of the first or second media presentation software. At least some of the metering information is then extracted from the first data structure and stored in a second data structure. The at least some of the metering information is then communicated from the second data structure to a data collection facility.

20100083299, Apr 1, 2010

Sep 30, 2008

12/242337

Daniel J. Nelson - Tampa FL, US
Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US
Luc Zio - New Port Richey FL, US
David James Croy - Palm Harbor FL, US

H04H 60/32

725 19

Methods and apparatus for determining whether a media presentation device is in an on state or an off state are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises determining first and second characteristics of a signature associated with a signal representative of media content presented via a media presentation device, evaluating the first and second characteristics to determine first and second fuzzy contribution values representing, respectively, degrees with which the first and second characteristics correspond to the media presentation device being in at least one of an on state or an off state, determining a third fuzzy contribution value based on a number of the first and second contribution values indicating the media presentation device is in one of the on or off states, and combining the first, second and third fuzzy contribution values for use in determining whether the media presentation device is in the on state or the off state.

20120203731, Aug 9, 2012

Apr 11, 2012

13/444571

Daniel J. Nelson - Tampa FL, US
Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US
Luc Zio - New Port Richey FL, US
David James Croy - Palm Harbor FL, US

G06N 7/02

706 52

Methods and apparatus for determining whether a media presentation device is in an on state or an off state are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises determining first and second characteristics of a signature associated with a signal representative of media content presented via a media presentation device, evaluating the first and second characteristics to determine first and second fuzzy contribution values representing, respectively, degrees with which the first and second characteristics correspond to the media presentation device being in at least one of an on state or an off state, determining a third fuzzy contribution value based on a number of the first and second contribution values indicating the media presentation device is in one of the on or off states, and combining the first, second and third fuzzy contribution values for use in determining whether the media presentation device is in the on state or the off state.

20130291000, Oct 31, 2013

Jun 28, 2013

13/930799

David H. Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US
Kamal Nasser - Palm Harbor FL, US
Jeff L. Herrmann - Chicago IL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US

H04N 21/24

725 19

An example apparatus includes a meter to generate first information indicative of a media presentation mode of a media presentation application executed by a wireless communication device during a presentation of the media content received and presented via the wireless communication device, the media content comprising scheduled programming that is broadcasted or multicasted simultaneously to a plurality of other wireless communication devices during a pre-scheduled time; and generate second information indicative of the media content presented via the wireless communication device. A memory is to store the first information in association with the second information in the wireless communication device; and store third information in association with the first and second information. The third information is indicative of at least one of a location of a cell tower used to transmit the media content, an identifier of the cell tower, or an identifier of a wireless network access point.

20210326733, Oct 21, 2021

Jul 1, 2021

17/365834

- New York NY, US
Brian Scott Mello - Oldsmar FL, US
Luc Zio - New Port Richey FL, US
David James Croy - Palm Harbor FL, US

G06N 5/04
H04H 60/32
G06F 7/02

Example apparatus to determine a state of a media presentation device are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus is to determine contribution values from at least one of a signal measured from a sensing device or an output signal accessed from the presentation device, the contribution values indicative of a state of a presentation device. The disclosed example apparatus is also to sum a first plurality of the contribution values corresponding to a first measurement cycle to generate a first intermediate fuzzy score for the first measurement cycle, store the first intermediate fuzzy score in a buffer, the buffer including a plurality of intermediate fuzzy scores corresponding to respective measurement cycles, combine the intermediate fuzzy scores corresponding to a first time period to form a final fuzzy score, and when the final fuzzy score satisfies a threshold, set the state of the presentation device as on and enable crediting of media.