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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Balachander Shankar, Tampa, FL (US);
Jonathan Sullivan, Hurricane, UT (US);
Molly Poppie, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
John Charles Coughlin, Oldsmar, FL (US);
Paul Chimenti, Tampa, FL (US);
Rachel Worth Olson, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Samantha M. Mowrer, San Francisco, CA (US);
David J. Kurzynski, South Elgin, IL (US);
Remy Spoentgen, Tampa, FL (US);
Christine Heiss, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Shuangxing Chen, Redwood City, CA (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Example apparatus disclosed herein include a return path data classifier to classify a first viewing period associated with segments of return path data received from a set top box into tuning classifications based on the segments of the return path data; calculate a total reported tuning duration for the first viewing period when the first viewing period is classified as live or playback tuning; and compare the total reported tuning duration to a duration threshold to determine whether the segments of return path data associated with the first viewing period are valid. The example apparatus also includes a return path data rectifier to rectify missing tuning data associated with a second viewing period based on tuning data included in the segments of return path data associated with the first viewing period when the segments of the return path data associated with the first viewing period are determined to be valid.