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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
David Howell Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Joseph Milavsky, Dunedin, FL (US);
Morris Lee, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Charles Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Vasiliki Koutsopanagos, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
David Howell Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Joseph Milavsky, Dunedin, FL (US);
Morris Lee, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Charles Conklin, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Vasiliki Koutsopanagos, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises displaying a previously recorded program on a display, determining a possible original broadcast time corresponding to the previously recorded program, determining program identifying information corresponding to the previously recorded program, and processing the possible original broadcast time information and the program identifying information to compare the previously recorded program with a known broadcast program.