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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2022
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Raghuram Ranganathan, Tampa, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a signature based on signature candidates. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes first means for determining an alignment point of a first candidate signature segment and a second candidate signature segment, the first candidate signature segment and the second candidate signature segment include time data and signature data, the alignment point based on the time data of the first candidate signature segment and the time data of the second candidate signature segment, means for comparing a first signature to a second signature at the alignment point, the first signature representative of media included in the first candidate signature segment, the second signature included in the second candidate signature segment, and means for stitching the second signature to the first signature based on the comparison to generate a stitched signature, the stitched signature to be used for media crediting.