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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
Daniel J. Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Brian Scott Mello, Oldsmar, FL (US);
Luc Zio, New Port Richey, FL (US);
David James Croy, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Daniel J. Nelson, Tampa, FL (US);
Brian Scott Mello, Oldsmar, FL (US);
Luc Zio, New Port Richey, FL (US);
David James Croy, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for determining whether a media presentation device is in an on state or an off state are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises determining first and second characteristics of a signature associated with a signal representative of media content presented via a media presentation device, evaluating the first and second characteristics to determine first and second fuzzy contribution values representing, respectively, degrees with which the first and second characteristics correspond to the media presentation device being in at least one of an on state or an off state, determining a third fuzzy contribution value based on a number of the first and second contribution values indicating the media presentation device is in one of the on or off states, and combining the first, second and third fuzzy contribution values for use in determining whether the media presentation device is in the on state or the off state.