Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods apparatus and medium to exclude network communication traffic from media monitoring records
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Application No.: US16132061Application Date: 2018-09-14
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Publication No.: US10700955B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Joseph Kerkes
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L12/26
- IPC: H04L12/26 ; H04N21/442 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/66 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to exclude network communication traffic from media monitoring records are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first communication radio to collect records of network traffic on a communication network and a second communication radio to transmit the records identifying a portion of the network traffic to an audience measurement entity. The example apparatus further includes a MAC address determiner to determine the MAC address of the second communication radio and a record filter to remove the network communication associated with the MAC address from the records.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200092187A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXCLUDE NETWORK COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC FROM MEDIA MONITORING RECORDS Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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