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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2009
Applicant:
Bradley R. Lawrence, Iii, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventor:
Bradley R. Lawrence, III, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to verify consumption of content are described herein. In an example method, a content library is generated within a data structure. The content library includes at least one content identifier associated with programming content. The programming content is insertable into content stream. A content stream including content for broadcasting on a broadcast device is received. To verify consumption of the programming content, a broadcast content identifier associated with the content for broadcasting is compared to the at least one content identifier of the content library.