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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Gangadhar Jakkula, Tampa, FL (US);

Narasimha Reddy Goli, Hyderabad, IN;

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/26208 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/4583 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor a media presentation are disclosed. An example method includes in response to receipt of a media identifier, extracting, by executing an instruction with a processor, a timestamp from the received media identifier. A time of receipt of the media identifier is determined. A difference between the time of receipt of the media identifier and the timestamp from the received media identifier is determined. A time shifted viewing code is calculated based on the difference The time shifted viewing code is transmitted to a media monitor that transmitted the media identifier, the time shifted viewing code to be reported when the media monitor reports monitoring information.


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