Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for cross platform monitoring and customer targeting
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Application No.: US14513205Application Date: 2014-10-13
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Publication No.: US10769671B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Chris Roosenraad , Ethan Lawrence Wolf , Craig Engel , Justin Tidwell
- Applicant: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
- Current Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Straub & Straub
- Agent Michael P. Straub; Stephen T. Straub
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L29/12

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160104203A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS PLATFORM MONITORING AND CUSTOMER TARGETING Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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