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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Raimundo Mirisola, London, GB;
Tim Volodine, London, GB;
Simon Michael Rowe, Finchampstead, GB;
Daniel J. Zigmond, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Raimundo Mirisola, London, GB;
Tim Volodine, London, GB;
Simon Michael Rowe, Finchampstead, GB;
Daniel J. Zigmond, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors, includes receiving respective first set-top box (STB) information from a first plurality of STBs. The first STB information received from a respective STB in the first plurality of STBs includes tuning information for the respective STB in the first plurality of STBs, and power status information for a respective display device coupled to the respective STB in the first plurality of STBs. The method also includes filtering the power status information, and determining a viewership metric for the first plurality of STBs based on the tuning information and the filtered power status information in the first STB information.