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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Douglas M. Pasko, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device receives instructions to record particular content and repeatedly play the recorded particular content. The device records the particular content based on the instructions, and repeatedly plays the recorded particular content based on the instructions. The device performs fraud checks based on the instructions, and determines whether the instructions are fraudulent based on the fraud checks. The device selectively provides, based on whether the instructions are fraudulent, viewership information for the particular content to a ratings device associated with a ratings entity. The viewership information for the particular content is provided to the ratings device when the instructions are not fraudulent, and is discarded when the instructions are fraudulent.