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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
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 processing first bus information obtained by monitoring a bus of a time shifting device to determine a record time corresponding to when the time-shifting device stored data associated with first media content being recorded for later presentation, processing second bus information obtained by monitoring the bus of the time shifting device to determine a playback time corresponding to when the time-shifting device later retrieved the data to present the recorded first media content, and estimating a possible distribution time corresponding to when the first media content was initially distributed to the time-shifting device based on a difference between the playback time and the record time.