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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. 14, 2025

Filed:

May. 15, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Joseph Kerkes, Lutz, FL (US);

Mark Richard Cave, Palm Harbor, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/16 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2022.01); H04L 43/062 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/44 (2019.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/16 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 43/062 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04N 21/44224 (2020.08); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example apparatus disclosed herein are to obtain, from a network monitor, an address associated with one or more network communications used to convey a media stream to a first input device of a plurality of input devices in communication with a media device, query one or more data structures based on the address to identify a first input source of the media device, the one or more data structures to map respective ones of the plurality of input devices to corresponding ones of a plurality of input sources of the media device, the plurality of input sources including the first input source, obtain a watermark from a meter that is to monitor an output of the media device, and identify the first input source of the media device as associated with media presented by the media device in response to determination that the watermark corresponds to the media stream.


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