Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs
- Patent Title (中): 确定观众观看录制节目的方法和设备
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Application No.: US11465260Application Date: 2006-08-17
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Publication No.: US08065697B2Publication Date: 2011-11-22
- Inventor: David Howell Wright , Joseph Milavsky , Morris Lee , William A. Feininger , Charles Conklin , Vasiliki Koutsopanagos , Arun Ramaswamy
- Applicant: David Howell Wright , Joseph Milavsky , Morris Lee , William A. Feininger , Charles Conklin , Vasiliki Koutsopanagos , Arun Ramaswamy
- Applicant Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04N60/33
- IPC: H04N60/33

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises displaying a previously recorded program on a display, determining a possible original broadcast time corresponding to the previously recorded program, determining program identifying information corresponding to the previously recorded program, and processing the possible original broadcast time information and the program identifying information to compare the previously recorded program with a known broadcast program.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070050832A1 Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs Public/Granted day:2007-03-01
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