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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:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

James Petro, Dunedin, FL (US);

Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);

Sandeep Tapse, Oldsmar, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04L 65/61 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04L 65/61 (2022.05); H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for identification of streaming activity and source for cached media on streaming devices. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions on the apparatus, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to: store, in a content identification information library, first content identification information of a first media presentation, wherein the first media presentation is a streamed media presentation; inspect a network connection of a media streaming device for network activity associated with a second media presentation; determine, in response to an absence of the network activity, the second media presentation is a cached media presentation; infer a streaming source of the second media presentation by matching second content identification information of the second media presentation with the first content identification information of the first media presentation; and generate a second media credit for the second media presentation that includes an inferred streaming source identifier.


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