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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. 14, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Venugopal Srinivasan, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);

Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/436 (2011.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/4396 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods and apparatus to verify presentation of media content are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for generating media presentation information includes a comparator to periodically output a value indicative of whether media selected via a set-top box is presented at a media presentation location by comparing a first audio signal associated with the media to ambient audio received in the media presentation location via an audio system associated with a media presentation device. The example apparatus also includes a privacy protector to facilitate operation of the comparator by periodically preventing the comparator from receiving of the ambient audio. The example apparatus also includes a metering module to record presentation of the media based on the output.


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