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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. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Francis Gavin McMillan, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); G06F 16/14 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); H04H 20/14 (2008.01); H04H 60/56 (2008.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); G06F 16/152 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); H04H 20/14 (2013.01); H04H 60/56 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example device meters disclosed herein include a signature reporter to report, to a data processor, media signatures of a first type to monitor media presented by a media device Disclosed example device meters also include a signature generator to (i) generate the media signatures of the first type, (ii) generate media signatures of a second type, different from the first type, to continue monitoring the media presented by the media device after receipt, from the data processor, of an indication that a first media signature of the first type is associated with first reference media, and (iii) in response to detection at the device meter of a change in a source of the media presented by the media device, revert to generation of the media signatures of the first type to monitor the media presented by the media device.


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