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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
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);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
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.