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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2019
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christen V. Nielsen, Dunedin, FL (US);

David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);

Charles C. Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);

Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04H 60/56 (2008.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04H 60/56 (2013.01); H04N 21/254 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods to identify and credit media using ratios of media characteristics are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to identify media includes a memory including computer readable instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to at least determine a first ratio based on a first time interval and a second time interval of a plurality of time intervals of a monitored media signature, determine a second ratio based on a third time interval and a fourth time interval of the plurality of time intervals of the monitored media signature, generate a monitored media ratio signature based on the first and second ratios, and compare the monitored media ratio signature with a reference ratio signature to identify the media.


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