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Ronan Heffernan
Also filed as: HEFFERNAN RONAN
48 granted patents·5 pending applications·745 citations·filing 2009–2025
98Inventor score
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53 records- 0199US8370489B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 5, 2013·270 cites·60 claims
- 0298US9218612B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 22, 2015·33 cites·57 claims
- 0398US8843626B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationMAZUMDAR MAINAK·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 23, 2014·118 cites·18 claims
- 0498US8713168B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationHEFFERNAN RONAN·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 29, 2014·141 cites·20 claims
- 0596US11580576B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 14, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 0696US9596151B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 14, 2017·21 cites·24 claims
- 0795US11218555B2Methods and apparatus to use client-server communications across internet domains to determine distributed demographic information for media impressionsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 4, 2022·8 cites·19 claims
- 0895US10504157B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 10, 2019·6 cites·21 claims
- 0995US9591353B2Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 7, 2017·15 cites·18 claims
- 1095US8925024B2Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsWRIGHT DAVID H·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 30, 2014·31 cites·30 claims
- 1193US10269044B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 23, 2019·7 cites·21 claims
- 1293US9497505B2Systems and methods to verify and/or correct media lineup informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 15, 2016·16 cites·21 claims
- 1391US11068944B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 20, 2021·4 cites·24 claims
- 1491US11070871B2Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 20, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 1591US9344343B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationMAZUMDAR MAINAK·Filed 2012·Granted May 17, 2016·7 cites·66 claims
- 1690US11532159B2Methods and apparatus to monitor a split screen media presentationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Dec 20, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 1790US11330328B2Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniquesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2020·Granted May 10, 2022·3 cites·28 claims
- 1889US11166054B2Methods and apparatus for identification of local commercial insertion opportunitiesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 2, 2021·4 cites·12 claims
- 1988US10694243B2Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniquesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 23, 2020·6 cites·22 claims
- 2088US10028014B2Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 17, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 2187US9055021B2Methods and apparatus to monitor impressions of social media messagesHEFFERNAN RONAN·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 9, 2015·11 cites·29 claims
- 2287US2025037170A1Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2386US11558659B2Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 17, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 2486US9680583B2Methods and apparatus to report reference media data to multiple data collection facilitiesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 13, 2017·4 cites·24 claims
- 2584US11722709B2Methods and apparatus for identification of local commercial insertion opportunitiesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 8, 2023·1 cites·21 claims
- 2683US10839225B2Methods and apparatus to monitor a split screen media presentationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 17, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 2783US8917937B2Methods and apparatus for identifying primary media content in a post-production media content presentationWRIGHT DAVID HOWELL·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 23, 2014·7 cites·20 claims
- 2882US11144967B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 12, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 2981US12148007B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 19, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3079US2025148484A1Methods and apparatus to use client-server communications across internet domains to determine distributed demographic information for media impressionsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3178US12244674B2Methods and apparatus to use client-server communications across internet domains to determine distributed demographic information for media impressionsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·14 claims
- 3278US12231720B2Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 18, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3378US11682048B2Methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic informationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 20, 2023·0 cites·21 claims
- 3478US9734514B2Methods and apparatus to monitor impressions of social media messagesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 15, 2017·3 cites·25 claims
- 3577US12205137B2Methods and apparatus to group advertisements by advertisement campaignNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 21, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3676US12500680B2Methods and apparatus to monitor a split screen media presentationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 16, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3776US2025175671A1Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3875US10002365B2Methods and apparatus to identify publisher advertising behaviorNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 19, 2018·1 cites·24 claims
- 3974US12096049B2Methods and apparatus for identification of local commercial insertion opportunitiesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 17, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4074US10531148B2Methods and apparatus to detect audio engineering problems using identification of isolated watermarksNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 7, 2020·1 cites·14 claims
- 4174US8260055B2Methods and apparatus for identifying primary media content in a post-production media content presentationWRIGHT DAVID HOWELL·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 4, 2012·10 cites·21 claims
- 4273US12088873B2Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniquesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 10, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4373US2025158727A1Methods and apparatus to monitor a split screen media presentationNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4472US11756069B2Methods and apparatus to group advertisements by advertisement campaignNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 12, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4572US10366404B2Methods and apparatus to group advertisements by advertisement campaignNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 30, 2019·2 cites·22 claims
- 4670US11195200B2Methods and apparatus to group advertisements by advertisement campaignNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 7, 2021·1 cites·28 claims
- 4769US11716502B2Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniquesNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 1, 2023·0 cites·21 claims
- 4868US10631044B2Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentationsNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 21, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4964US11829901B2Methods and apparatus to identify publisher advertising behaviorNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 28, 2023·0 cites·28 claims
- 5057US2012215621A1Methods and apparatus to determine media impressions using distributed demographic informationHEFFERNAN RONAN·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
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