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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Douglas B. Turnbow, Odessa, FL (US);
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
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.