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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Applicant:
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Inventors:
David Howell Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Bradley R. Lawrence, III, Tampa, FL (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01); A63F 13/95 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4781 (2013.01); A63F 13/95 (2014.09); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); A63F 2300/206 (2013.01); A63F 2300/535 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for monitoring video games are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to identify a video game include generating a memory signature based on a pattern of memory locations of a game medium accessed by a device to play the video game. Such example methods also include determining an identity of the video game based on the memory signature.