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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Francis Gavin McMillan, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Example methods disclosed herein include associating a first data pattern obtained from a first sequence of watermarks detected by a first media monitor at a first time with a first transmission of first media when the first sequence of watermarks include a first identifier associated with the first media. Disclosed example methods also include associating a second data pattern obtained from a second sequence of watermarks detected by the first media monitor at a second time with a second transmission of the first media when the second sequence of watermarks include the first identifier associated with the first media. Disclosed example methods further include comparing a third data pattern obtained from a third sequence of watermarks detected by a second media monitor with the first and second data patterns to determine whether the second media monitor monitored the first transmission or the second transmission of the first media.