Scott D Cooper

US Patent:

8019162, Sep 13, 2011

Filed:

Oct 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/923141

Inventors:

Min Zhang - Palm Harbor FL, US
David Howell Wright - Safety Harbor FL, US
Scott Cooper - Tarpon Springs FL, US
Regina Dykstra - Palm Harbor FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Daniel Nelson - Tampa FL, US

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/48
H04H 60/32
H04H 60/33

US Classification:

382199, 725 9, 725 19

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for detecting on-screen media sources are disclosed. An example method includes monitoring a region of interest of a video signal for a first image, comparing the first image to a stored image, and confirming the media device change when the stored image differs from the first image and is associated with a secondary criterion.

US Patent:

20080037658, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Sep 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/854982

Inventors:

Lois Price - Tampa FL, US
Arun Ramaswamy - Tampa FL, US
Scott Cooper - Tarpon Springs FL, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/12
H04N 7/52

US Classification:

375240260, 375E07138

Abstract:

Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for encoding a compressed media stream are disclosed. A disclosed method encodes frames associated with one or more compressed media streams within the media signal on a frame-by-frame basis and releases for transmission an encoded version of the media signal containing the encoded frames on a packet-by-packet basis.

US Patent:

20100303365, Dec 2, 2010

Filed:

May 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/474906

Inventors:

Min Zhang - Land O Lakes FL, US
Scott Cooper - Tarpon Springs FL, US
Doug Turnbow - Odessa FL, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/46

US Classification:

382203

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus to monitor a multimedia presentation including multiple content windows are disclosed. An example method to monitor a media device providing a media presentation capable of including a plurality of content windows disclosed herein comprises obtaining a monitored image corresponding to the media presentation provided by the media device, determining a parameter value representative of at least one of a luminance or a chrominance of a region in the monitored image, a shape of the region representative of at least one of the plurality of content windows, and comparing the parameter value to a highlight threshold to determine whether a content window associated with a location of the region in the monitored image is highlighted.

US Patent:

20130232142, Sep 5, 2013

Filed:

Mar 1, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/409796

Inventors:

Christen Nielsen - Palm Harbor FL, US
Scott Cooper - Tarpon Springs FL, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707736, 707E17045

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus to identify users of handheld computing devices are disclosed. An example method includes generating, via a logic circuit, a first handling pattern indicative of a manner in which a handheld computing device is moved while the handheld computing device is presenting media; and storing the first handling pattern and corresponding user identification information in a database, handling patterns stored in the database to identify users of the handheld computing device.

US Patent:

20220368774, Nov 17, 2022

Filed:

Jul 29, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/877653

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Albert T. Borawski - Oldsmar FL, US
Scott Cooper - Oldsmar FL, US
Kevin K. Gaynor - Manteca CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 67/50
G06F 11/34
H04L 67/30
G06F 21/62
H04W 12/02
G06F 8/30
G06F 8/77
G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20210266371, Aug 26, 2021

Filed:

May 7, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/314961

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Albert T. Borawski - Oldsmar FL, US
Scott Cooper - Oldsmar FL, US
Kevin K. Gaynor - Manteca CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06F 11/34
G06F 21/62
H04W 12/02
G06F 8/30
G06F 8/77
G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20200236182, Jul 23, 2020

Filed:

Mar 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/814618

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Albert T. Borawski - Oldsmar FL, US
Scott Cooper - Oldsmar FL, US
Kevin K. Gaynor - Manteca CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06F 11/34
G06F 21/62
H04W 12/02
G06F 8/30
G06F 8/77
G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for collecting demographic information from a user with a registrar of a media device, means for transmitting the demographic information to a central facility from the registrar, and means for storing a panelist identifier identifying the user in a shared memory of the media device, the panelist identifier accessible to a first monitoring-enabled application and a second monitoring-enabled application separate from the registrar, the panelist identifier to be retrieved by the first monitoring-enabled application, the first monitoring-enabled application to present media, the first monitoring-enabled application to collect monitoring information if the panelist identifier is in the shared memory and to disable collection of media monitoring information if the panelist identifier is not in the shared memory.

US Patent:

20190182344, Jun 13, 2019

Filed:

Feb 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/278603

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Albert T. Borawski - Oldsmar FL, US
Scott Cooper - Oldsmar FL, US
Kevin K. Gaynor - Manteca CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06Q 30/02
G06F 8/77
G06F 11/34
G06F 21/62
G06F 8/30

Abstract:

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media presentations are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a registrar, implemented by a processor, to receive demographic information from a user, to transmit the demographic information to a central facility, and to store 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. The first instrumented application is to 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.