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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Francis Gavin McMillan, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Media monitoring using multiple types of signatures is disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include, in response to determining that a media signature of a first type reported by a device meter matched a reference signature of the first type associated with first reference media, sending a first indication to the device meter to indicate that media monitored by the device meter corresponds to the first reference media, and sending a set of reference signatures of a second type associated with the first reference media to the device meter. Disclosed example methods also include receiving a second indication from the device meter indicating that the media monitored by the device meter no longer corresponds to the first reference media, and in response to receiving the second indication, processing subsequent media signatures of the first type reported by the device meter to identify the media being monitored by the device meter.