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US10380643B2 - Methods, systems and apparatus to generate market segmentation data with anonymous location data - Google Patents
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2018-07-23 Assigned to THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC reassignment THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: MILLER, DAVID R., COCHRAN, LAURA, NELSON, MARK, STEVENS, JEFF
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analyze first geographic indicators associated with a mobile device during a first time period of day to identify a first location associated with the mobile device, the first location identified based on a threshold number of repeated occurrences of the mobile device located at the first location during the first time period of day; and
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