US Patent Issued to The Nielsen Company (US) on Nov. 25 for "Using network traffic data to identify internet of things devices" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,487, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Nielsen Co. (US) LLC (New York).

"Using network traffic data to identify internet of things devices" was invented by Meryem Berrada (Oldsmar, Fla.), Holly McCoy (Oldsmar, Fla.) and Oscar Blanco (Oldsmar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, a method is described. The method includes: obtaining network traffic data characterizing network activity of devices coupled to a network at a media exposure measurement location, processing the network traffic data to generate, for each of multiple devices: activity parameters, each characterizing a network activity of the device, proces...