Inventor · disambiguated record
Balachander Shankar
Also filed as: SHANKAR BALACHANDER
41 granted patents·5 pending applications·197 citations·filing 2014–2025
97Inventor score
Files withNIELSEN CO US LLC46
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
46 records- 0198US11438662B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 6, 2022·15 cites·20 claims
- 0298US11140449B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 5, 2021·23 cites·26 claims
- 0397US11115710B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data using constrained Markov chainsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 7, 2021·19 cites·22 claims
- 0497US10602224B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 24, 2020·26 cites·26 claims
- 0596US10382818B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data using constrained Markov chainsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 13, 2019·18 cites·20 claims
- 0694US9277265B2Methods and apparatus to calculate video-on-demand and dynamically inserted advertisement viewing probabilityNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 1, 2016·15 cites·27 claims
- 0791US10219039B2Methods and apparatus to assign viewers to media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 26, 2019·8 cites·20 claims
- 0890US10264318B2Methods and apparatus to improve viewer assignment by adjusting for a localized eventNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 16, 2019·7 cites·20 claims
- 0990US9774900B2Methods and apparatus to calculate video-on-demand and dynamically inserted advertisement viewing probabilityNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 26, 2017·6 cites·20 claims
- 1090US9247273B2Methods and apparatus to characterize households with media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 26, 2016·12 cites·23 claims
- 1190US9219928B2Methods and apparatus to characterize households with media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 22, 2015·11 cites·21 claims
- 1289US9544632B2Methods and apparatus to calculate video-on-demand and dynamically inserted advertisement viewing probabilityNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 10, 2017·6 cites·20 claims
- 1389US9185435B2Methods and apparatus to characterize households with media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 10, 2015·11 cites·23 claims
- 1488US11516543B2Methods and apparatus to assign viewers to media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 29, 2022·2 cites·21 claims
- 1588US10542316B2Methods and apparatus to detect and rectify false set top box tuning dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 21, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 1687US10911828B2Methods and apparatus to impute media consumption behaviorNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 2, 2021·2 cites·21 claims
- 1786US10757480B2Methods and apparatus to assign viewers to media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 25, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 1885US12041304B2Methods and apparatus for co-viewing adjustmentNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 16, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1985US11317148B2Methods and apparatus to detect and rectify false set top box tuning dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 26, 2022·2 cites·26 claims
- 2084US10965989B2Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 30, 2021·2 cites·24 claims
- 2183US12445685B2Methods and apparatus to impute media consumption behaviorNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Oct 14, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2282US10547906B2Methods and apparatus to impute media consumption behaviorNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 28, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 2379US12273593B2Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 8, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2477US2025016409A1Methods and apparatus to detect and rectify false set top box tuning dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2576US12088876B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data using constrained Markov chainsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 10, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2676US12058416B2Methods and apparatus to impute media consumption behaviorNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 6, 2024·0 cites·21 claims
- 2776US11889151B2Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 30, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2876US2024422386A1Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data using constrained markov chainsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2975US12200303B2Methods and apparatus to assign viewers to media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 14, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3075US12120390B2Methods and apparatus to detect and rectify false set top box tuning dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 15, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3173US11758229B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 12, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3273US2025159296A1Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3372US11785301B2Methods and apparatus to assign viewers to media meter dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3472US11503370B2Methods and apparatus to impute media consumption behaviorNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 15, 2022·0 cites·24 claims
- 3572US2025343966A1Methods, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to edit tuning data collected via automated content recognitionNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3671US11647254B2Methods and apparatus to detect and rectify false set top box tuning dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted May 9, 2023·0 cites·21 claims
- 3770US11716509B2Methods and apparatus to determine synthetic respondent level data using constrained Markov chainsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 1, 2023·0 cites·28 claims
- 3869US12513362B2Methods and apparatus for co-viewing adjustmentNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Dec 30, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3969US11564011B2Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 24, 2023·0 cites·25 claims
- 4068US12363377B2Methods, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to edit tuning data collected via automated content recognitionNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 15, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4161US10448108B2Methods and apparatus to model on/off states of media presentation devices based on return path dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 15, 2019·0 cites·24 claims
- 4260US11863816B2Methods, articles of manufacture, and apparatus to edit tuning data collected via automated content recognitionNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 2, 2024·0 cites·24 claims
- 4356US11765430B2Methods and apparatus to calibrate return path data for audience measurementNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 19, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4456US10841649B2Methods and apparatus to calibrate return path data for audience measurementNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 17, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4550US11962824B2Methods and apparatus to structure processor systems to determine total audience ratingsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 16, 2024·0 cites·24 claims
- 4646US2020226465A1Neural network processing of return path data to estimate household member and visitor demographicsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
Get an alert when Balachander Shankar files or is granted a new patent.
We store only your email — no account needed. See our privacy policy.
Identity basis: PatentsView inventor disambiguation (2025Q4-odp release). How scoring works →