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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
James Petro, Dunedin, FL (US);
Daniel Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Raghuram Ranganathan, Tampa, FL (US);
Sandeep Tapse, Oldsmar, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to credit unidentified media are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include a database updater to store a first group of signatures representative of unidentified media in a database, the first group of signatures obtained from a first media meter to monitor a first media presentation device, the first group of signatures associated with a first media exposure category based on media source information reported by the first media meter. Disclosed example apparatus also include a media comparator to compare a second group of signatures with the first group of signatures, the second group of signatures obtained from a second media meter to monitor a second media presentation device. Disclosed example apparatus further include a reporter to credit media exposure represented by the second group of signatures to the first media exposure category when the second group of signatures matches the first group of signatures.