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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2018
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
David Henry Harkness, Wilton, CT (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Jerome Samson, Belleair, FL (US);
Jan Besehanic, Tampa, FL (US);
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Alexander Pavlovich Topchy, New Port Richey, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to provide media content are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include means for identifying primary media content presented on a first media presentation device. Disclosed example apparatus also include means for accessing a secondary content schedule associated with the primary media content. The secondary content schedule includes a plurality of secondary content items and time values associated with the secondary content items. The secondary content items are also associated with a loyalty value for a user of the first media presentation device. Disclosed example apparatus further include means for selecting one of the secondary content items to be accessed in response to a timestamp associated with the primary media content being between time values associated with the selected one of the secondary content items in the secondary content schedule.