Methods and apparatus to identify session users with cookie information

摘要

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify session users with cookie information. An example method includes identifying activity associated with a first cookie having a first type, in response to identifying the first, parsing the first cookie to identify a first panelist, when the first cookie includes an identifier associated with a first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with the first panelist, and when the first cookie includes an identifier unassociated with the first panelist, associating current usage activity of the computing device with a guest.

主权项

1. A method to identify a current user of a computing device, comprising:
accessing a first cookie storage location of a first browser and a second cookie storage location of a second browser; locating a most recently used cookie from cookies stored in the first and the second cookie storage locations to identify a current usage activity associated with the computing device; parsing the most recently used cookie for an identifier; comparing the identifier to a cookie table, the cookie table associating cookies with panelists; when the identifier of the most recently used cookie is associated with one of the panelists, associating the current usage activity of the computing device with a corresponding panelist; and when the identifier of the most recently used cookie is not associated with any of the panelists, associating the current usage activity of the computing device with a guest.