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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:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Amir Yazdani, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Vinson, Piedmont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amir Yazdani, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Vinson, Piedmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rentrak Corporation, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/33 (2008.01); H04H 60/35 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computing system is programmed to detect if program content is presented on a channel. A program signature is determined based on set-top box tune data from set-top boxes in a market in which it is known the program content was presented. The program signature can be compared to program signatures from other local markets or from the same market to determine if the same program content was presented. In some embodiments, the program signature represents the number of set-top boxes simultaneously tuned to the channel on which the program content is presented.