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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Keqiang Deng, Oldsmar, FL (US);
Joseph Kerkes, Lutz, FL (US);
Assignee:
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure media consumption. An apparatus includes a controller to trigger execution of a request to obtain media from an Internet site, and a reference signature generator to identify a set of domain names generated during the execution of the request, and generate a reference signature based on (a) the set of domain names and (b) one or more of a location of the request, a time of the request, or a characteristic of a device used to execute the request.