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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Christen V. Nielsen, Dunedin, FL (US);
David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Charles C. Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods to identify and credit media using ratios of media characteristics are disclosed herein. Example apparatus to identify media include at least one memory, instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to: determine a first ratio based on a first time interval and a second time interval of a monitored media signal; determine a second ratio based on the second time interval and a third time interval of the monitored media signal; generate a first ratio signature based on the first and second ratios; and initiate transmission of the first ratio signature to a recipient that is to compare the first signature with a second ratio signature to identify the media.