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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
Henry B. Wheeler, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Daozheng LU, Dunedin, FL (US);
Paul C. Kempter, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Henry B. Wheeler, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Daozheng Lu, Dunedin, FL (US);
Paul C. Kempter, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to monitor reception of programs and content by broadcast receivers are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to monitor reception of a broadcast program by a broadcast receiver located in a statistically selected site comprises retrieving an audience measurement data packet from the broadcast receiver in order to identify the broadcast program, detecting a code embedded in the broadcast program in order to identify the broadcast program, extracting a signature from the broadcast program in order to identify the broadcast program, identifying the broadcast program through use of a software agent, and selecting at least one of the audience measurement data packet, the embedded code, the extracted signature or the software agent to identify the received program.