Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs
- Patent Title (中): 确定观众观看录制节目的方法和设备
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Application No.: US13240805Application Date: 2011-09-22
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Publication No.: US08869187B2Publication Date: 2014-10-21
- Inventor: David Howell Wright , Joseph Milavsky , Morris Lee , William A. Feininger , Charles Conklin , Vasiliki Koutsopanagos , Arun Ramaswamy
- Applicant: David Howell Wright , Joseph Milavsky , Morris Lee , William A. Feininger , Charles Conklin , Vasiliki Koutsopanagos , Arun Ramaswamy
- Applicant Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04H60/40
- IPC: H04H60/40 ; H04N21/432 ; H04H60/56 ; H04H60/44 ; H04N21/442 ; H04H60/58 ; H04H60/37 ; H04N21/475 ; H04H60/43 ; H04H60/27 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N21/422 ; H04H60/59

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises processing first bus information obtained by monitoring a bus of a time shifting device to determine a record time corresponding to when the time-shifting device stored data associated with first media content being recorded for later presentation, processing second bus information obtained by monitoring the bus of the time shifting device to determine a playback time corresponding to when the time-shifting device later retrieved the data to present the recorded first media content, and estimating a possible distribution time corresponding to when the first media content was initially distributed to the time-shifting device based on a difference between the playback time and the record time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120011533A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE AUDIENCE VIEWING OF RECORDED PROGRAMS Public/Granted day:2012-01-12
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