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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Narasimha Reddy Goli, Tampa, FL (US);
Gangadhar Jakkula, Tampa, FL (US);
Michael Allen Bivins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas A. Potter, Shelton, CT (US);
Venkata Lakshmi Kumar Pittu, Tampa, FL (US);
Kevin J. Rini, Tampa, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to credit commercial broadcasts are disclosed. Example commercial crediting apparatus disclosed herein compare first identification information and first timing information obtained from a first monitored data feed with second identification information and second timing information in a second monitored data feed to identify a first final distributor code represented in the second monitoring data feed, the first identification information and the first timing information corresponding to a first commercial represented in the first monitored data feed. Disclosed example apparatus also access data that maps a first original distributor code to the first final distributor code, identify the first commercial in lineup data based on the first original distributor code, and adjust, based on a duration of the first commercial, a duration obtained for a first media program listed in the lineup data.