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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2016
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);

Douglas B. Turnbow, Odessa, FL (US);

Assignee:

THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/2368 (2011.01); H04N 21/2383 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); H04N 21/2368 (2013.01); H04N 21/2383 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/25435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for metering media feeds in a market are disclosed. An example method includes extracting a primary code from metering data received from a media presentation location. Extracting a breakout code, different than the primary code, from the metering data. Identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, first media associated with the primary code. Identifying, by executing an instruction with the processor, a first regional network associated with the breakout code. Storing, by executing an instruction with the processor, information indicating that the first media was presented on the first regional network.


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