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Patent No.:

US 11166054 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Justin Fahnestock, Tampa, FL (US);

Ronan Heffernan, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);

Assignee:

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01); G10L 19/018 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); G10L 19/018 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for identification of local commercial insertion opportunities. Example apparatus for identification of local commercial insertion opportunities include a media comparator to compare respective instances of media conveyed in respective ones of a plurality of broadcast signals associated with affiliates of a national broadcaster to identify a broadcast interval having different media conveyed among at least some of the broadcast signals. The example apparatus also include an insertion opportunity identifier to determine whether the broadcast interval is associated with a local advertisement insertion opportunity based on a characteristic of the broadcast interval.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fahnestock, Justin. (2021). Methods and apparatus for identification of local commercial insertion opportunities (U.S. Patent No. 11166054). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11166054

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