Abrégé

An example method includes receiving a media identifier and an impression identifier from a device, the media identifier being indicative of media presented at the device; receiving the impression identifier in association with first user information from a first database proprietor as a result of the first database proprietor obtaining a first identifier sent from the device, the first identifier identifying at least one of the device or a user; receiving the impression identifier in association with second user information from a second database proprietor as a result of the second database proprietor obtaining a second identifier sent from the device, the second identifier identifying at least one of the device or the user; identifying the first and second user information as associated with a same user based on the impression identifier; and associating the first and second user information with the media identifier.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 21/62 - Protection de l’accès à des données via une plate-forme, p. ex. par clés ou règles de contrôle de l’accès
• H04H 60/31 - Dispositions de contrôle de l'utilisation des services de radiodiffusion
• H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
• H04L 43/50 - Disposition de test
• H04L 65/00 - Dispositions, protocoles ou services dans les réseaux de communication de paquets de données pour prendre en charge les applications en temps réel
• H04L 67/306 - Profils des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to compensate impression data for misattribution and non-coverage by a database proprietor are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining a count of media impressions occurring on a first type of computing device, a first portion of the media impressions corresponding to persons for whom demographic information is recognizable by a database proprietor and a second portion of the media impressions corresponding to persons for whom demographic information is unavailable to the database proprietor; and determining the demographic information for the second portion of the media impressions based on a first probability that media corresponding to the media impressions is accessed on the first type of computing device and based on a second probability that media is accessed on a second type of device.

Abrégé

Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content are disclosed herein. An example method disclosed herein includes weighting audience measurement data associated with a first geographic area based on population data associated with a second geographic area different from the first geographic area to form weighted data, determining a factor based on the audience measurement data and tuning data associated with the second geographic area, and processing the weighted data based on the factor to determine an audience exposure metric estimating exposure to media content in the second geographic area.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/40 - Dispositifs clients spécialement adaptés à la réception de contenu ou à l'interaction avec le contenu, p. ex. boîtier décodeur [STB]Leurs opérations

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to predict end of streaming media using a prediction model are disclosed herein. Examples disclosed herein determine a bandwidth rate associated with streaming media presented in a streaming media application from a proxy. Examples disclosed herein also generate a prediction model based on characteristics of the bandwidth rate and determine an end time for the streaming media from the prediction model.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 41/147 - Analyse ou conception de réseau pour prédire le comportement du réseau
• H04L 43/0894 - Taux de paquets
• H04L 43/106 - Surveillance active, p. ex. battement de cœur, utilitaire Ping ou trace-route en utilisant des informations liées au temps dans des paquets, p. ex. en ajoutant des horodatages
• H04L 65/60 - Diffusion en flux de paquets multimédias

Abrégé

Examples to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. Some disclosed example methods involve sending a request to an impression monitor system in response to detecting a login event at a client device. The login event is associated with an Internet-based service of a first Internet domain different from a second internet domain of the impression monitor system. Such disclosed example methods also involve sending a login reporting message to a database proprietor that provides the Internet-based service. The login reporting message including first and second cookie identifiers. The first cookie identifier is associated with the first Internet domain of the Internet-based service, and the second cookie identifier is associated with the second Internet domain of the impression monitor system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring a rate of data transfer to/from the monitored location and comparing the acquired rate of data transfer to a threshold. The example method also includes setting at least one media monitoring device in a first bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer exceeds the threshold, and setting the at least one media monitoring device in a second bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer is below the threshold.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01S 11/16 - Systèmes pour déterminer la distance ou la vitesse sans utiliser la réflexion ou la reradiation utilisant la différence de temps de transit entre des ondes électromagnétiques et des ondes sonores
• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to monitor media presented at a plurality of media
presentation devices using inserted watermarks. Methods and apparatus embed
identification
information in media utilizing a media presentation device that renders the
media for
presentation, which reduces the use of computational resources of media
providers and
allows embedding information about the media audience and/or media
presentation device in
the media. An example method includes providing a media monitor including a
watermark
generator from a monitoring entity to a manufacturer of a media presentation
device for
inclusion of the media monitor, accessing activation information from the
media presentation
device after the media presentation device has been purchased, the activation
information
indicating that a consumer has accepted an agreement identifying monitoring
activity
performed by the media monitor and accessing monitoring information
identifying media
presented by the media presentation device, the monitoring information
embedded in the
media by the watermark generator.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/14 - Dispositions d'accès conditionnel aux informations radiodiffusées ou aux services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/4627 - Gestion de droits
• H04N 21/8358 - Génération de données de protection, p. ex. certificats impliquant des filigranes numériques

Abrégé

Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to implement down-mixing compensation for audio watermarking are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to compensate for audio channel down-mixing when embedding watermarks in a multichannel audio signal include obtaining a watermark to be embedded in respective ones of a plurality of audio channels of the multichannel audio signal. Such example methods also include embedding the watermark in a first one of the plurality of audio channels based on a compensation factor that is to reduce perceptibility of the watermark when the first one of the plurality of audio channels is down-mixed with a second one of the plurality of audio channels after the watermark has been applied to the first and second ones of the plurality of audio channels.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Codage ou décodage du signal audio multi-canal utilisant la corrélation inter-canaux pour réduire la redondance, p. ex. stéréo combinée, codage d’intensité ou matriçage
• G10L 19/018 - Mise en place d’un filigrane audio, c.-à-d. insertion de données inaudibles dans le signal audio

Abrégé

Example methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. A disclosed example method to monitor media exposure involves receiving, at a first internet domain, a first request from a client computer, the first request indicative of access to the media at the client computer. The example method also involves determining if the-client computer is known. lf the client computer is not known, a response is sent from the first internet domain to the client computer, the response to instruct the client computer to send a second request to a second internet domain, the second request to be indicative of access to the media at the client computer. lf the client computer is known, an impression of the media is logged.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04H 60/82 - Dispositions caractérisées par des systèmes de transmission autres que ceux utilisés pour la radiodiffusion, p. ex. Internet caractérisées par le système de transmission lui-même le système de transmission étant Internet
• H04L 43/04 - Traitement des données de surveillance capturées, p. ex. pour la génération de fichiers journaux
• H04L 43/0876 - Utilisation du réseau, p. ex. volume de charge ou niveau de congestion
• H04L 67/1097 - Protocoles dans lesquels une application est distribuée parmi les nœuds du réseau pour le stockage distribué de données dans des réseaux, p. ex. dispositions de transport pour le système de fichiers réseau [NFS], réseaux de stockage [SAN] ou stockage en réseau [NAS]
• H04L 67/56 - Approvisionnement des services mandataires

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to associate transactions with media impressions are disclosed. An example method includes transmitting a request for commercial transaction information to a database proprietor, the request including an identifier corresponding to a media impression associated with media presented via a computing device; receiving the commercial transaction information in response to the request, the commercial transaction information comprising data associated with a commercial transaction conducted using an account accessed by the computing device; and associating the media impression with the commercial transaction.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 30/0201 - Modélisation du marchéAnalyse du marchéCollecte de données du marché
• G06Q 30/0242 - Détermination de l’efficacité des publicités
• G06Q 30/0251 - Publicités ciblées

Abrégé

Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture meter media content presented on a wireless communication device are disclosed. A disclosed example method receives media content via a wireless communication device. The media content is to be presented via the wireless communication device. First information is generated indicative of a media presentation mode of a media presentation application executed by the wireless communication device to present the media content. Second information is generated indicative of the media content presented via the wireless communication device. The first information is stored in association with the second information in the wireless communication device.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04W 4/30 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques

Abrégé

Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile Internet activity are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a request for Internet content on a port of a proxy, the request originating from a mobile device transmitting requests via a cellular wireless access point; associating the request for Internet content with a mobile device based on the first port; requesting content from an Internet content provider identified in the request for Internet content, the Internet content provider being different than the proxy; and transmitting the content.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04W 4/30 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement flexible commercial monitoring for television audience measurement are disclosed.. Example television audience measurement systems disclosed herein include a flexible commercial detector to detect whether a first watermark decoded from a television program broadcast signal is a bridge watermark that indicates a portion of the television broadcast signal including the bridge watermark is associated with a flexible commercial insertion event, the flexible commercial insertion event corresponding to insertion of a flexible commercial in the portion of the television broadcast signal. Disclosed example television audience measurement systems also include a commercial metric calculator to credit audience exposure associated with the portion of the television broadcast signal to a flexible commercial crediting metric in response to a determination that the first watermark is the bridge watermark.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/31 - Dispositions de contrôle de l'utilisation des services de radiodiffusion
• H04H 60/56 - Dispositions caractérisées par des composants spécialement adaptés à la surveillance, l'identification ou la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou
• H04H 60/66 - Dispositions pour des services utilisant les résultats du contrôle, de l'identification ou de la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou pour utiliser les résultats côté distributeurs
• H04N 21/2389 - Traitement de flux multiplexé, p. ex. cryptage de flux multiplexé
• H04N 21/442 - Surveillance de procédés ou de ressources, p. ex. détection de la défaillance d'un dispositif d'enregistrement, surveillance de la bande passante sur la voie descendante, du nombre de visualisations d'un film, de l'espace de stockage disponible dans le disque dur interne
• H04N 21/8358 - Génération de données de protection, p. ex. certificats impliquant des filigranes numériques

Abrégé

Examples to determine media impressions using distributed
demographic information are disclosed. Some disclosed example methods
involve sending a request to an impression monitor system in response to
detecting a login event at a client device. The login event is associated with

an Internet-based service of a first Internet domain different from a second
internet domain of the impression monitor system. Such disclosed example
methods also involve sending a login reporting message to a database
proprietor that provides the Internet-based service. The login reporting
message including first and second cookie identifiers. The first cookie
identifier is associated with the first Internet domain of the Internet-based
service, and the second cookie identifier is associated with the second
Internet domain of the impression monitor system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
• H04L 43/04 - Traitement des données de surveillance capturées, p. ex. pour la génération de fichiers journaux
• H04L 67/02 - Protocoles basés sur la technologie du Web, p. ex. protocole de transfert hypertexte [HTTP]
• H04L 67/146 - Marqueurs pour l'identification sans ambiguïté d'une session particulière, p. ex. mouchard de session ou encodage d'URL
• H04L 67/306 - Profils des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermarking using starting phase modulation. An example method disclosed herein includes calculating a first instantaneous phase value for a first watermark component of a watermarked media signal at a first time, calculating a second instantaneous phase value for a second watermark component, determining a first sum of differences for the first and second instantaneous phase values relative to a first possible starting phase value, determining a second sum of differences for the first and second instantaneous phase values relative to a second possible starting phase value, selecting a corresponding one of the first possible starting phase value or the second possible starting phase value to be a starting phase value, decoding a bit value corresponding to the starting phase value, determining a payload based on the bit value and a symbol represented by watermark components.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06T 1/00 - Traitement de données d'image, d'application générale
• G11B 20/00 - Traitement du signal, non spécifique du procédé d'enregistrement ou de reproductionCircuits correspondants
• H04N 19/467 - Inclusion d’information supplémentaire dans le signal vidéo pendant le processus de compression caractérisée par le caractère invisible de l’information incluse, p. ex. un filigrane

Abrégé

Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for multiple scrambled layers for audio watermarking. An example system includes a scrambler executing instructions to: divide a watermark into a plurality of watermark symbols; map the watermark symbols to a plurality of frequency bins in a plurality of frequency clumps according to a first distribution scheme to create a first watermark layer having a first combination of the frequency bins and a second watermark layer having a second combination of the frequency bins, the first combination of the frequency bins and the second combination of the frequency bins partially overlap. The scrambler also is to determine a sequence for shifting watermark symbols among the frequency bins, and generate a second distribution scheme to map the watermark symbols in accordance with the sequence. The example system also includes a transceiver to communicate the second distribution scheme to a device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Codage ou décodage du signal audio multi-canal utilisant la corrélation inter-canaux pour réduire la redondance, p. ex. stéréo combinée, codage d’intensité ou matriçage
• G10L 19/018 - Mise en place d’un filigrane audio, c.-à-d. insertion de données inaudibles dans le signal audio

Abrégé

Example invertible metering apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example meter apparatus disclosed herein includes a housing having a display area. The meter apparatus includes a first stencil having first indicia in a first language and a second stencil having second indicia in a second language different than the first language. Each of the first stencil and the second stencil is to be positionable separately and removably in the display area of the housing. A cover is to removably couple to the housing to enable access to one of the first stencil or the second stencil when the one of the first stencil or the second stencil is positioned in the display area.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/422 - Périphériques d'entrée uniquement, p. ex. système de positionnement global [GPS]

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify media for ahead of time watermark encoding. An example apparatus includes a processor to determine a first identifier associated with first media based on a query including the first identifier, a first scheduled broadcast time of the first media, and a first duration of the first media; and a comparator to: in response to determining a database includes a second identifier associated with second media, determine whether a second duration of the second media at a second scheduled broadcast time overlaps the first duration of the first media at the first scheduled broadcast time; and in response to determining that the second duration of the second media at the second scheduled broadcast time does not overlap the first duration of the first media at the first scheduled broadcast time, store the first identifier in the database.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 19/467 - Inclusion d’information supplémentaire dans le signal vidéo pendant le processus de compression caractérisée par le caractère invisible de l’information incluse, p. ex. un filigrane
• H04N 21/2389 - Traitement de flux multiplexé, p. ex. cryptage de flux multiplexé
• H04N 21/262 - Ordonnancement de la distribution de contenus ou de données additionnelles, p. ex. envoi de données additionnelles en dehors des périodes de pointe, mise à jour de modules de logiciel, calcul de la fréquence de transmission de carrousel, retardement de la transmission de flux vidéo, génération de listes de reproduction
• H04N 21/8358 - Génération de données de protection, p. ex. certificats impliquant des filigranes numériques

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to monitor advertisement exposure are disclosed. An example method includes determining via a meter that a media content segment was presented at a media content presentation device and determining via an activity monitor different than the meter that a computing resource related to the media content segment was accessed by outputting an indication of an association between the computing resource access and the media content presentation after the presentation of the media content segment.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04H 60/63 - Dispositions pour des services utilisant les résultats du contrôle, de l'identification ou de la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou pour des services de ventes
• H04H 60/65 - Dispositions pour des services utilisant les résultats du contrôle, de l'identification ou de la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou pour utiliser les résultats côté utilisateurs

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus for identifying primary media content in a post- production media content presentation are disclosed. An example computer-implemented method to detect primary media content included in a secondary media content presentation disclosed herein comprises determining a first image corresponding to the secondary media content presentation, the first image comprising a plurality of image subregions, each image subregion representative of an inter-frame variation associated with a corresponding subregion of the secondary media content presentation, selecting a region of the first image comprising a plurality of connected image subregions of the first image together exhibiting a first type of inter-frame variation, and when a shape of the selected region of the first image corresponds to a predefined shape, processing a region of the first captured image corresponding to the selected region of the first synthetic image to identify the primary media content.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion

Abrégé

Signaturing methods and apparatus as described. In one example,
a signaturing method includes capturing an audio signal, applying a first
window function to a portion of the captured audio signal to produce a first
windowed audio block, applying a second window function to the portion of
the captured audio signal to produce a second windowed audio block,
determining
a first characteristic of a band of frequencies in the first windowed audio
block, determining a second characteristic of the band of frequencies in
the second windowed audio block, comparing the first characteristic to the
second characteristic, and assigning a signature bit representative of the
portion of the captured audio signal based on the comparison of the first
characteristic and the second characteristic. Other examples are described.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 17/02 - Opérations de prétraitement, p. ex. sélection de segmentReprésentation ou modélisation de motifs, p. ex. fondée sur l’analyse linéaire discriminante [LDA] ou les composantes principalesSélection ou extraction des caractéristiques
• G10L 17/20 - Transformations de motifs ou opérations ayant pout but d’augmenter la robustesse du système, p. ex. contre le bruit du canal ou les différentes conditions de fonctionnement
• H04H 20/14 - Dispositions de contrôle, de test ou de dépannage de contrôle des programmes
• H04H 60/58 - Dispositions caractérisées par des composants spécialement adaptés à la surveillance, l'identification ou la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou audio

Abrégé

Example methods and apparatus to generate identifying tags for media content as described herein. An example method includes obtaining an identifier value associated with at least one of audio or video of received media content by at least one of: extracting the identifier value from at least one of the audio or the video or determining the identifier value based on inherent information of at least one of the audio or the video, generating a tag including the identifier value, and storing the tag with the media content to cause the tag to be distributed to a presentation location along with the media content.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/435 - Traitement de données additionnelles, p. ex. décryptage de données additionnelles ou reconstruction de logiciel à partir de modules extraits du flux de transport
• H04N 21/84 - Génération ou traitement de données de description, p. ex. descripteurs de contenu

Abrégé

Examples to determine media impressions are disclosed. An example method
includes detecting a cookie identifier
established by a database proprietor at a computing device, determining an
impression of media, wherein the impression occurs after
the cookie identifier is established, determining a first panelist identifier
associated with the impression based on the cookie
identifier, determining a second panelist identifier associated with the
impression based on determination of a user identity by a panelist
meter associated with the computing device, and storing an adjustment factor
determined by comparing the first panelist identifier
and the second panelist identifier.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04L 43/04 - Traitement des données de surveillance capturées, p. ex. pour la génération de fichiers journaux

Abrégé

Media monitoring using multiple types of signatures is disclosed. An example media monitoring method disclosed herein comprises processing signatures of a first type to monitor media presented by a media device until a first one of the signatures of the first type is determined to match a reference signature of the first type, the reference signature of the first type being associated with first reference media, and processing signatures of a second type to monitor the media presented by the media device after the first one of the signatures of the first type is determined to match the reference signature of the first type and until a number of signatures of the second type is determined not to match corresponding reference signatures of the second type, the reference signatures of the second type being associated with the first reference media.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Examples to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. Some disclosed example methods involve sending a request to an impression monitor system in response to detecting a login event at a client device. The login event is associated with an Internet-based service of a first Internet domain different from a second internet domain of the impression monitor system. Such disclosed example methods also involve sending a login reporting message to a database proprietor that provides the Internet-based service. The login reporting message including first and second cookie identifiers. The first cookie identifier is associated with the first Internet domain of the Internet-based service, and the second cookie identifier is associated with the second Internet domain of the impression monitor system.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04L 43/04 - Traitement des données de surveillance capturées, p. ex. pour la génération de fichiers journaux
• H04L 67/146 - Marqueurs pour l'identification sans ambiguïté d'une session particulière, p. ex. mouchard de session ou encodage d'URL
• H04L 67/306 - Profils des utilisateurs

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to associate transactions with media impressions are disclosed. An example method includes transmitting a request for commercial transaction information to a database proprietor, the request including an identifier corresponding to a media impression associated with media presented via a computing device; receiving the commercial transaction information in response to the request, the commercial transaction information comprising data associated with a commercial transaction conducted using an account accessed by the computing device; and associating the media impression with the commercial transaction.

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example method includes sending a response to a request, the response including an identification of a first cookie used by an audience measurement entity and an indication of a database proprietor, and receiving a mapping of the first cookie to a second cookie used by the database proprietor and demographic information associated with the second cookie by the database proprietor.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 16/95 - Recherche dans le Web
• G06F 17/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques
• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04L 67/02 - Protocoles basés sur la technologie du Web, p. ex. protocole de transfert hypertexte [HTTP]
• H04L 67/52 - Services réseau spécialement adaptés à l'emplacement du terminal utilisateur
• H04L 67/563 - Redirection de flux de réseau de données

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a software development kit provider to provide a software development kit to enable an application developer to create an application developer to create a monitoring enabled application. The example apparatus further includes a monitoring data receiver to receive data collected from a media device executing the monitoring enabled application, the data collected via the monitoring enabled application, the collected data including a media identifier and at least one of a device identifier or a user identifier. The example apparatus further includes a data store to store the collected data, and a database proprietor interface to request demographic information from a database proprietor, the database proprietor interface to store the demographic information in association with the media identifier in the data store.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/25 - Opérations de gestion réalisées par le serveur pour faciliter la distribution de contenu ou administrer des données liées aux utilisateurs finaux ou aux dispositifs clients, p. ex. authentification des utilisateurs finaux ou des dispositifs clients ou apprentissage des préférences des utilisateurs pour recommander des films
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for reducing exposure crediting errors due to spillover in a media monitoring system are disclosed. An example method includes determining if first media monitoring data provided from a first meter identifies a same media as second media monitoring data provided from a second meter. If the first media monitoring data identifies the same media as the second media monitoring data, the example method includes detecting if spillover occurred by determining if an absolute value of a difference between a first timestamp associated with the first media monitoring data and a second timestamp associated with the second media monitoring data is less than a threshold. If spillover occurred, the example method includes determining which of the first media monitoring data or the second media monitoring data to credit as a media exposure.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs

Abrégé

Example methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. A disclosed example method to monitor media exposure involves receiving, at a first internet domain, a first request from a client computer, the first request indicative of access to the media at the client computer. The example method also involves determining if the client computer is known. If the client computer is not known, a response is sent from the first internet domain to the client computer, the response to instruct the client computer to send a second request to a second internet domain, the second request to be indicative of access to the media at the client computer. If the client computer is known, an impression of the media is logged.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 67/1396 - Protocoles spécialement adaptés pour surveiller l'activité des utilisateurs
• H04L 67/146 - Marqueurs pour l'identification sans ambiguïté d'une session particulière, p. ex. mouchard de session ou encodage d'URL

Abrégé

Disclosed examples involve decoding information from a mobile device into a plurality of encrypted identifiers identifying at least one of the mobile device or a user of the mobile device, sending ones of the encrypted identifiers to corresponding database proprietors, receiving a plurality of user information corresponding to the ones of the encrypted identifiers from the corresponding database proprietors, and associating the plurality of user information with at least one of a search term collected at the mobile device or a media impression logged for media presented at the mobile device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 16/953 - Requêtes, p. ex. en utilisant des moteurs de recherche du Web
• G06Q 30/0241 - Publicités
• H04L 67/50 - Services réseau
• H04W 4/00 - Services spécialement adaptés aux réseaux de télécommunications sans filLeurs installations

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring a rate of data transfer to/from the monitored location and comparing the acquired rate of data transfer to a threshold. The example method also includes setting at least one media monitoring device in a first bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer exceeds the threshold, and setting the at least one media monitoring device in a second bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer is below the threshold.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/31 - Dispositions de contrôle de l'utilisation des services de radiodiffusion
• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04H 60/51 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p. ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier les utilisateurs pour identifier les sites des stations réceptrices
• H04H 60/52 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p. ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier les utilisateurs pour identifier les sites des utilisateurs

Abrégé

Local devices may locally insert media in a media signal. Methods and
apparatus to distinguish a
signal originating from a local device from a broadcast signal are disclosed.
A disclosed example
method to determine the source of a media signal (e.g., broadcast media or
local media) includes
determining a sequence of states represented in a sequence of images captured
while a user is
navigating an interface of a media presentation device, the images
representative of an audio-video
signal output by a media presentation device, comparing the sequence of states
to a
reference sequence of states for the media presentation device to determine if
the sequence of
states is a match for the reference sequence of states, and determining a
source of the audio-video
signal based on the comparison.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 19/70 - Procédés ou dispositions pour le codage, le décodage, la compression ou la décompression de signaux vidéo numériques caractérisés par des aspects de syntaxe liés au codage vidéo, p. ex. liés aux standards de compression
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/8352 - Génération de données de protection, p. ex. certificats impliquant des données d’identification du contenu ou de la source, p. ex. "identificateur unique de matériel" [UMID]

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentations are disclosed. An example method involves receiving a video frame and detecting a change in box-formatting between the video frame and a subsequent video frame. A transition between the video frame and the subsequent video frame is indicated as a commercial advertisement transition based on the detected change in box-formatting.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 25/78 - Détection de la présence ou de l’absence de signaux de voix
• H04N 21/44 - Traitement de flux élémentaires vidéo, p. ex. raccordement d'un clip vidéo récupéré d'un stockage local avec un flux vidéo en entrée ou rendu de scènes selon des graphes de scène du flux vidéo codé

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes comparing presentation data representative of media output by a first set top box (STB) to reference data corresponding to a first station to determine whether the media presentation data corresponds to the reference data, the presentation data collected while the first STB was tuned to a first channel. The method further includes determining a second station that corresponds to the presentation data when the presentation data does not correspond to the reference data. The method further includes correcting a first channel map that relates the first channel to the first station by relating the first channel to the second station to create a second channel map, and correcting clickstream data that represents commands to other STBs using the second channel map.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/25 - Opérations de gestion réalisées par le serveur pour faciliter la distribution de contenu ou administrer des données liées aux utilisateurs finaux ou aux dispositifs clients, p. ex. authentification des utilisateurs finaux ou des dispositifs clients ou apprentissage des préférences des utilisateurs pour recommander des films
• H04N 21/43 - Traitement de contenu ou données additionnelles, p. ex. démultiplexage de données additionnelles d'un flux vidéo numériqueOpérations élémentaires de client, p. ex. surveillance du réseau domestique ou synchronisation de l'horloge du décodeurIntergiciel de client
• H04N 21/45 - Opérations de gestion réalisées par le client pour faciliter la réception de contenu ou l'interaction avec le contenu, ou pour l'administration des données liées à l'utilisateur final ou au dispositif client lui-même, p. ex. apprentissage des préférences d'utilisateurs pour recommander des films ou résolution de conflits d'ordonnancement

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform signature retrieval and matching for media monitoring are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein can include querying a first table using a first site signature obtained from a monitored site, the first table including hash keys corresponding to respective reference signatures, the first table further including respective qualifier data descriptive of respective ones of the reference signatures, Such example methods can also include querying a second table using first qualifier data obtained from querying the first table using the first site signature, the first qualifier data descriptive of a first reference signature corresponding to a first hash key determined to match the first site signature. Such example methods can further include comparing a first block of site signatures with a portion of a plurality of blocks of reference signatures obtained from querying the second table using the first qualifier data.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/2347 - Traitement de flux vidéo élémentaires, p. ex. raccordement de flux vidéo ou transformation de graphes de scènes du flux vidéo codé impliquant le cryptage de flux vidéo
• H04N 21/8352 - Génération de données de protection, p. ex. certificats impliquant des données d’identification du contenu ou de la source, p. ex. "identificateur unique de matériel" [UMID]

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to utilize audio watermarking for people monitoring are disclosed. Example people monitoring methods disclosed herein include determining, at a user device, whether a first trigger condition for emitting an audio watermark identifying at least one of the user device or a user of the user device is satisfied. Such example methods also include, in response to determining that the first trigger condition is satisfied, providing a first audio signal including the audio watermark to an audio circuit that is to output an acoustic signal from the user device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/018 - Mise en place d’un filigrane audio, c.-à-d. insertion de données inaudibles dans le signal audio

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems, storage media, etc., to perform media monitoring for mobile platforms using messaging associated with adaptive bitrate streaming are disclosed. Example methods disclosed hereinto monitor media on a mobile platform include accessing a first uniform resource locator (URL) included in a first message originated by the mobile platform to stream first media according to an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol. Such example methods also include requesting network log information corresponding to the first URL from a service provider providing network access for the mobile platform. Such example methods further include monitoring presentation of the first media on the mobile platform using the network log information.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 41/0273 - Échange ou transport d’informations de gestion de réseau en utilisant l’InternetIntégration de serveurs de gestion du Web dans des éléments de réseauProtocoles basés sur les services du Web en utilisant des services du Web pour la gestion du réseau, p. ex. le protocole d’accès aux objets simples [SOAP]
• H04L 43/0888 - Débit
• H04L 65/80 - Dispositions, protocoles ou services dans les réseaux de communication de paquets de données pour prendre en charge les applications en temps réel en répondant à la qualité des services [QoS]

Abrégé

Systems and methods to identify intentionally placed products in media content are disclosed. A disclosed system to detect intentionally placed products in media content includes a placement monitor site to record an occurrence of a first intentionally placed product within first broadcast media content in a product placement record; an audience measurement site to record an audience interaction with a second intentionally placed product in second broadcast media content in an event record; and a collection facility to receive the product placement record and the event record.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/32 - Dispositions de contrôle des conditions des stations réceptrices, p. ex. un dysfonctionnement ou une panne de celles-ci
• H04H 60/48 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p. ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier les utilisateurs pour reconnaître les éléments exprimés dans les informations radiodiffusées
• H04H 60/63 - Dispositions pour des services utilisant les résultats du contrôle, de l'identification ou de la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou pour des services de ventes
• H04H 60/73 - Systèmes spécialement adaptés à l'utilisation d'informations spécifiques, p. ex. d'informations géographiques ou météorologiques utilisant des méta-informations
• H04N 21/237 - Communication avec un serveur de données additionnelles
• H04N 21/478 - Services additionnels, p. ex. affichage de l'identification d'un appelant téléphonique ou application d'achat

Abrégé

Example methods and apparatus to generate identifying tags for media content as described herein. An example method includes obtaining an identifier value associated with at least one of audio or video of received media content by at least one of: extracting the identifier value from at least one of the audio or the video or determining the identifier value based on inherent information of at least one of the audio or the video, generating a tag including the identifier value, and storing the tag with the media content to cause the tag to be distributed to a presentation location along with the media content.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/31 - Dispositions de contrôle de l'utilisation des services de radiodiffusion

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to audio watermarking and watermark detection and extracted are described herein. According to an example method, an identifier is encoded in media content when a different identifier has been previously encoded. According to another example method, messages decoded from media content are validated to provide improved decoding accuracy. In another example method, decoded symbols are stored in memory and synchronization symbols are located to detect a message encoded in media content.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 21/16 - Traçabilité de programme ou de contenu, p. ex. par filigranage
• H04H 20/31 - Dispositions de radiodiffusion simultanée de plusieurs informations par un canal unique au moyen de signaux intra bande, p. ex. un signal infra sonore ou un signal de repérage
• H04H 60/37 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p. ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier les utilisateurs pour identifier des segments des informations radiodiffusées, p. ex. des scènes, ou extraire des identificateurs [ID] de programmes
• H04H 60/58 - Dispositions caractérisées par des composants spécialement adaptés à la surveillance, l'identification ou la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou audio

Abrégé

An example method includes receiving a media identifier and an impression identifier from a device, the media identifier being indicative of media presented at the device; receiving the impression identifier in association with first user information from a first database proprietor as a result of the first database proprietor obtaining a first identifier sent from the device, the first identifier identifying at least one of the device or a user; receiving the impression identifier in association with second user information from a second database proprietor as a result of the second database proprietor obtaining a second identifier sent from the device, the second identifier identifying at least one of the device or the user; identifying the first and second user information as associated with a same user based on the impression identifier; and associating the first and second user information with the media identifier.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/31 - Dispositions de contrôle de l'utilisation des services de radiodiffusion
• H04L 12/16 - Dispositions pour la fourniture de services particuliers aux abonnés
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/4408 - Traitement de flux élémentaires vidéo, p. ex. raccordement d'un clip vidéo récupéré d'un stockage local avec un flux vidéo en entrée ou rendu de scènes selon des graphes de scène du flux vidéo codé impliquant le cryptage de flux vidéo, p. ex. re-cryptage d'un flux vidéo décrypté pour la redistribution dans un réseau domestique
• H04W 4/21 - Signalisation de servicesSignalisation de données auxiliaires, c.-à-d. transmission de données par un canal non destiné au trafic pour applications de réseaux sociaux

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a software development kit provider to provide a software development kit to enable an application developer to create an application developer to create a monitoring enabled application. The example apparatus further includes a monitoring data receiver to receive data collected from a media device executing the monitoring enabled application, the data collected via the monitoring enabled application, the collected data including a media identifier and at least one of a device identifier or a user identifier. The example apparatus further includes a data store to store the collected data, and a database proprietor interface to request demographic information from a database proprietor, the database proprietor interface to store the demographic information in association with the media identifier in the data store.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes comparing presentation data representative of media output by a first set top box (STB) to reference data corresponding to a first station to determine whether the media presentation data corresponds to the reference data, the presentation data collected while the first STB was tuned to a first channel. The method further includes determining a second station that corresponds to the presentation data when the presentation data does not correspond to the reference data. The method further includes correcting a first channel map that relates the first channel to the first station by relating the first channel to the second station to create a second channel map, and correcting clickstream data that represents commands to other STBs using the second channel map.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/43 - Traitement de contenu ou données additionnelles, p. ex. démultiplexage de données additionnelles d'un flux vidéo numériqueOpérations élémentaires de client, p. ex. surveillance du réseau domestique ou synchronisation de l'horloge du décodeurIntergiciel de client
• H04N 21/436 - Interfaçage d'un réseau de distribution local, p. ex. communication avec un autre STB ou à l'intérieur de la maison

Abrégé

Example invertible metering apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example meter apparatus disclosed herein includes a housing having a display area. The meter apparatus includes a first stencil having first indicia in a first language and a second stencil having second indicia in a second language different than the first language. Each of the first stencil and the second stencil is to be positionable separately and removably in the display area of the housing. A cover is to removably couple to the housing to enable access to one of the first stencil or the second stencil when the one of the first stencil or the second stencil is positioned in the display area.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/422 - Périphériques d'entrée uniquement, p. ex. système de positionnement global [GPS]

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to decode audio data are
disclosed.
Example methods include processing protected information included in a
received license file to
obtain access to at least one of decoding information or a decoding algorithm
to be used to
decode a message encoded in the audio data. Example methods also include
producing a stream
of symbol values for a code symbol included in the audio data, the stream of
symbol values
produced based on the at least one of the decoding information or the decoding
algorithm.
Example methods further include detecting the message from the stream of
symbol values based
on at least one of the decoding information or the decoding algorithm, and
outputting the
message.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/018 - Mise en place d’un filigrane audio, c.-à-d. insertion de données inaudibles dans le signal audio
• H04H 60/23 - Dispositions d'accès conditionnel aux informations radiodiffusées ou aux services relatifs à la radiodiffusion au moyen de la cryptographie, p. ex. le chiffrement, l’authentification ou la distribution de clés

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to associate a mobile device with a panelist profile. An example method includes initializing a metering application on the mobile device to operate with partial functionality, parsing a message log with the metering application to identify an installation message, extracting a telephone number from the installation message and saving to a memory of the mobile device, sending an initialization message based on the extracted telephone number to prompt an authorization message, and enabling full functionality of the metering application in response to receiving the authorization message.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04W 4/12 - MessagerieBoîtes aux lettresAnnonces
• H04W 4/21 - Signalisation de servicesSignalisation de données auxiliaires, c.-à-d. transmission de données par un canal non destiné au trafic pour applications de réseaux sociaux
• H04W 4/24 - Comptabilité ou facturation
• H04W 12/08 - Sécurité d'accès

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to collect impressions using media object characteristics are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves, based on first instructions associated with a collector media object presented at a client device, collecting a first characteristic of the collector media object and collecting second characteristics corresponding to a plurality of second media objects that are presented at the client device concurrently with the collector media object. The example method also involves, based on second instructions associated with the collector media object, reporting multiple impressions corresponding to the collector media object and to the second media objects by sending the first and second characteristics and an identifier associated with the client device in a single communication to an audience measurement entity.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04L 12/16 - Dispositions pour la fourniture de services particuliers aux abonnés
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example
method
includes acquiring a rate of data transfer to/from the monitored location and
comparing the
acquired rate of data transfer to a threshold. The example method also
includes setting at least
one media monitoring device in a first bandwidth mode when the acquired rate
of data transfer
exceeds the threshold, and setting the at least one media monitoring device in
a second
bandwidth mode when the acquired rate of data transfer is below the threshold.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/29 - Dispositions de surveillance des services de radiodiffusion ou des services relatifs à la radiodiffusion
• H04W 4/021 - Services concernant des domaines particuliers, p. ex. services de points d’intérêt, services sur place ou géorepères
• H04W 52/02 - Dispositions d'économie de puissance
• H04W 64/00 - Localisation d'utilisateurs ou de terminaux pour la gestion du réseau, p. ex. gestion de la mobilité

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to utilize audio watemarking for people monitoring are disclosed. Example people monitoring methods disclosed herein include determining, at a user device, whether a first trigger condition for emitting an audio watermark identifying at least one of the user device or a user of the user device is satisfied. Such example methods also include, in response to determining that the first trigger condition is satisfied, providing a first audio signal including the audio watermark to an audio circuit that is to output an acoustic signal from the user device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/018 - Mise en place d’un filigrane audio, c.-à-d. insertion de données inaudibles dans le signal audio

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniques are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a watermark detector to detect a first watermark embedded in a first audio stream associated with media and to detect a second watermark embedded in a second audio stream associated with the media. The second audio stream is different than the first audio stream. The example apparatus includes a watermark analyzer to compare first media identifying information in the first watermark with second media identifying information in the second watermark. The example apparatus also includes a media detection event controller to associate the first and second watermarks with a media detection event when the first media identifying information is consistent with the second media identifying information. The example apparatus further includes a transmitter to transmit the media detection event to a data collection facility.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/018 - Mise en place d’un filigrane audio, c.-à-d. insertion de données inaudibles dans le signal audio
• G10L 19/16 - Architecture de vocodeur

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a software development kit provider to provide a software development kit to enable an application developer to create an application developer to create a monitoring enabled application. The example apparatus further includes a monitoring data receiver to receive data collected from a media device executing the monitoring enabled application, the data collected via the monitoring enabled application, the collected data including a media identifier and at least one of a device identifier or a user identifier. The example apparatus further includes a data store to store the collected data, and a database proprietor interface to request demographic information from a database proprietor, the database proprietor interface to store the demographic information in association with the media identifier in the data store.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 8/61 - Installation
• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer data are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a consumer data acquirer to collect original data corresponding to (a) confidential information associated with consumers and (b) behavior information associated with the consumers, and a data obfuscator. The data obfuscator is to determine a degree to which the original data is to be obfuscated and a type of obfuscation to be applied to the original data based on the original data, generate obfuscation adjustments of the original data based on the degree and the type, and generate an obfuscation model based on the obfuscation adjustments.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 21/62 - Protection de l’accès à des données via une plate-forme, p. ex. par clés ou règles de contrôle de l’accès
• G06Q 30/0201 - Modélisation du marchéAnalyse du marchéCollecte de données du marché

Abrégé

Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to implement neural network processing of set-top box return path data to estimate household demographics are disclosed. Example demographic estimation systems disclosed herein include a feature generator to generate features from return path data reported from set-top boxes associated with return path data households. Disclosed example demographic estimation systems also include a neural network to process the features generated from the return path data to predict demographic classification probabilities for the return path data households, the neural network to be trained based on panel data reported from meters that monitor media devices associated with panelist household. Disclosed example demographic estimation systems further include a demographic assignment engine to assign one or more demographic categories to respective ones of the return path data households based on the predicted demographic classification probabilities.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06N 3/044 - Réseaux récurrents, p. ex. réseaux de Hopfield
• G06N 3/045 - Combinaisons de réseaux
• G06N 3/047 - Réseaux probabilistes ou stochastiques
• H04H 60/31 - Dispositions de contrôle de l'utilisation des services de radiodiffusion
• H04N 21/442 - Surveillance de procédés ou de ressources, p. ex. détection de la défaillance d'un dispositif d'enregistrement, surveillance de la bande passante sur la voie descendante, du nombre de visualisations d'un film, de l'espace de stockage disponible dans le disque dur interne

Abrégé

ABSTRACT Methods and apparatus to compensate impression data for misattribution and non-coverage by a database proprietor are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining a count of media impressions occurring on a first type of computing device, a first portion of the media impressions corresponding to persons for whom demographic information is recognizable by a database proprietor and a second portion of the media impressions corresponding to persons for whom demographic information is unavailable to the database proprietor; and determining the demographic information for the second portion of the media impressions based on a first probability that media corresponding to the media impressions is accessed on the first type of computing device and based on a second probability that media is accessed on a second type of device. -131- Date Recue/Date Received 2021-05-27

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 17/18 - Opérations mathématiques complexes pour l'évaluation de données statistiques
• G06Q 30/0201 - Modélisation du marchéAnalyse du marchéCollecte de données du marché
• G06Q 30/0242 - Détermination de l’efficacité des publicités
• H04L 67/306 - Profils des utilisateurs

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a window-metric rule for return path data (RPD). In some examples, a media monitor includes a count calculator to determine a first count of a number of devices in a first household that reported RPD for a first day. The example media monitor also includes an RPD selector to compare the first count to a current window-metric, the current window-metric associated with a window of time for the first household, the window of time associated with a content provider and having N number of days. The example RPD selector the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count does not satisfy the current window-metric. The example media monitor also includes a report generator to generate a media exposure report using the RPD from the first household for the first day when the first count satisfies the current window-metric, independent of if the first household has heartbeat data available.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/442 - Surveillance de procédés ou de ressources, p. ex. détection de la défaillance d'un dispositif d'enregistrement, surveillance de la bande passante sur la voie descendante, du nombre de visualisations d'un film, de l'espace de stockage disponible dans le disque dur interne
• H04N 21/443 - Procédés de système d'exploitation, p. ex. démarrage d'un boîtier décodeur STB, implémentation d'une machine virtuelle Java dans un boîtier décodeur STB ou gestion d'énergie dans un boîtier décodeur STB

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to audio watermarking and watermark detection and extracted are described herein. According to an example method, an identifier is encoded in media content when a different identifier has been previously encoded. According to another example method, messages decoded from media content are validated to provide improved decoding accuracy. In another example method, decoded symbols are stored in memory and synchronization symbols are located to detect a message encoded in media content.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 21/055 - Compression ou expansion temporelles pour la synchronisation avec d’autres signaux, p. ex. signaux vidéo
• H04H 20/31 - Dispositions de radiodiffusion simultanée de plusieurs informations par un canal unique au moyen de signaux intra bande, p. ex. un signal infra sonore ou un signal de repérage
• H04H 60/35 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p. ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier les utilisateurs
• H04H 60/58 - Dispositions caractérisées par des composants spécialement adaptés à la surveillance, l'identification ou la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou audio

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify user presence to a meter. An example apparatus includes a user input receiver to obtain presence information from a panelist via a prompt displayed by a user interface of the apparatus, the presence information indicating that the panelist is present at the meter separate from the apparatus, a configuration controller to package the presence information and insert an indication in the packaged presence information, the indication indicating the packaged information is to be sent to the meter via a remote server, and a wireless transceiver to transmit the packaged presence information to the remote server.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/442 - Surveillance de procédés ou de ressources, p. ex. détection de la défaillance d'un dispositif d'enregistrement, surveillance de la bande passante sur la voie descendante, du nombre de visualisations d'un film, de l'espace de stockage disponible dans le disque dur interne
• H04W 4/30 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to classify all other tuning (AOT) data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a media interface to access first channel information corresponding to a first record at a first time. An operating state identifier is to store the channel information corresponding to the first record at the first time in a data store. An AOT identifier is to determine the first record is classified as AOT data. A comparator is to compare the channel information at the first time with second channel information at a second time, wherein the second channel information at the second time corresponds to a previously classified media record. A record updater is to, when the first channel information matches the second channel information, update the first record with a media identification from the matched classification classified media record and store the updated first record in the data store.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/433 - Opération de stockage de contenu, p. ex. opération de stockage en réponse à une requête de pause ou opérations de cache
• H04N 21/4363 - Adaptation du flux vidéo à un réseau local spécifique, p. ex. un réseau Bluetooth®
• H04N 21/438 - Interfaçage de la voie descendante du réseau de transmission provenant d'un serveur, p. ex. récupération de paquets du flux vidéo codé d'un réseau IP
• H04N 21/439 - Traitement de flux audio élémentaires
• H04N 21/442 - Surveillance de procédés ou de ressources, p. ex. détection de la défaillance d'un dispositif d'enregistrement, surveillance de la bande passante sur la voie descendante, du nombre de visualisations d'un film, de l'espace de stockage disponible dans le disque dur interne

Abrégé

Systems and methods to identify intentionally placed products in media content
are disclosed. A
disclosed system to detect intentionally placed products in media content
includes a placement monitor
site to record an occurrence of a first intentionally placed product within
first broadcast media content
in a product placement record; an audience measurement site to record an
audience interaction with a
second intentionally placed product in second broadcast media content in an
event record; and a
collection facility to receive the product placement record and the event
record.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/48 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p. ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier les utilisateurs pour reconnaître les éléments exprimés dans les informations radiodiffusées
• H04H 60/66 - Dispositions pour des services utilisant les résultats du contrôle, de l'identification ou de la reconnaissance, couverts par les groupes ou pour utiliser les résultats côté distributeurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example method includes sending a response to a request, the response including an identification of a first cookie used by an audience measurement entity and an indication of a database proprietor, and receiving a mapping of the first cookie to a second cookie used by the database proprietor and demographic infoimation associated with the second cookie by the database proprietor.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04L 67/1396 - Protocoles spécialement adaptés pour surveiller l'activité des utilisateurs

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to distinguish a signal originating from a local device
(102) from a broadcast signal are disclosed. A disclosed system classifies a
video component of an audio-video signal by analyzing a histogram of pixel
data (408), analyzing a quality factor (409), and/or attempting to detect
embedded data (410) in the video component. The disclosed system also
classifies an audio component of the audio-video signal by attempting to
detect embedded audio data and/or analyzing waveform energy associated with
the audio component. A source of the audio-video signal is determined based on
the video classification and/or the audio classification.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 17/00 - Diagnostic, test ou mesure, ou leurs détails, pour les systèmes de télévision

Abrégé

Example systems and methods to wirelessly meter audio/visual (AN) devices are
disclosed. A disclosed example
method receives media content from an A/V source device, embeds a video
overlay in the wirelessly received media content, and
wirelessly transmits the media content and the video overlay to the wireless
A/V device. The example method wirelessly receives
audience identification information in response to the transmitted video
overlay, and wirelessly receives audience behavior
information.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 20/31 - Dispositions de radiodiffusion simultanée de plusieurs informations par un canal unique au moyen de signaux intra bande, p. ex. un signal infra sonore ou un signal de repérage
• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04H 60/45 - Dispositions d'identification ou de reconnaissance de caractéristiques en liaison directe avec les informations radiodiffusées ou le créneau spatio-temporel de radiodiffusion, p. ex. pour identifier les stations de radiodiffusion ou pour identifier les utilisateurs pour identifier les utilisateurs
• H04N 17/00 - Diagnostic, test ou mesure, ou leurs détails, pour les systèmes de télévision

Abrégé

Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content are disclosed herein. An example method disclosed herein includes weighting audience measurement data associated with a first geographic area based on population data associated with a second geographic area different from the first geographic area to form weighted data, determining a factor based on the audience measurement data and tuning data associated with the second geographic area, and processing the weighted data based on the factor to determine an audience exposure metric estimating exposure to media content in the second geographic area.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04H 60/33 - Dispositions de contrôle du comportement ou des opinions des utilisateurs
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives
• H04N 21/40 - Dispositifs clients spécialement adaptés à la réception de contenu ou à l'interaction avec le contenu, p. ex. boîtier décodeur [STB]Leurs opérations

Abrégé

Example methods and apparatus to determine impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. A disclosed example method to monitor media exposure involves receiving, at a first internet domain, a first request from a client computer, the first request indicative of access to the media at the client computer. The example method also involves determining if the client computer is known. If the client computer is not known, a response is sent from the first internet domain to the client computer, the response to instruct the client computer to send a second request to a second internet domain, the second request to be indicative of access to the media at the client computer. If the client computer is known, an impression of the media is logged.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 11/30 - Surveillance du fonctionnement
• G06F 15/16 - Associations de plusieurs calculateurs numériques comportant chacun au moins une unité arithmétique, une unité programme et un registre, p. ex. pour le traitement simultané de plusieurs programmes

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor streaming media content are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to monitor streaming media content comprises extracting metering data having a first format from media content to be provided to a content presentation device via a transport stream, the extracted metering data identifying at least one of the media content or a source of the media content, the extracted metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the content presentation device, transcoding the extracted metering data to form transcoded metering data having a second format decodable by the meter associated with the content presentation device, and encoding the transcoded metering data into a metadata channel to send the transcoded metering data to the content presentation device, the metadata channel being associated with the transport stream.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/43 - Traitement de contenu ou données additionnelles, p. ex. démultiplexage de données additionnelles d'un flux vidéo numériqueOpérations élémentaires de client, p. ex. surveillance du réseau domestique ou synchronisation de l'horloge du décodeurIntergiciel de client

Abrégé

Disclosed examples involve decoding information from a mobile device into a plurality of encrypted identifiers identifying at least one of the mobile device or a user of the mobile device, sending ones of the encrypted identifiers to corresponding database proprietors, receiving a plurality of user information corresponding to the ones of the encrypted identifiers from the corresponding database proprietors, and associating the plurality of user information with at least one of a search term collected at the mobile device or a media impression logged for media presented at the mobile device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 16/951 - IndexationTechniques d’exploration du Web
• G06F 16/9535 - Adaptation de la recherche basée sur les profils des utilisateurs et la personnalisation
• G06F 17/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques
• G06F 21/62 - Protection de l’accès à des données via une plate-forme, p. ex. par clés ou règles de contrôle de l’accès
• H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
• H04L 12/16 - Dispositions pour la fourniture de services particuliers aux abonnés
• H04L 51/52 - Messagerie d'utilisateur à utilisateur dans des réseaux à commutation de paquets, transmise selon des protocoles de stockage et de retransmission ou en temps réel, p. ex. courriel pour la prise en charge des services des réseaux sociaux
• H04W 4/12 - MessagerieBoîtes aux lettresAnnonces
• H04W 4/21 - Signalisation de servicesSignalisation de données auxiliaires, c.-à-d. transmission de données par un canal non destiné au trafic pour applications de réseaux sociaux

Abrégé

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media presentations are disclosed. An example method includes collecting demographic information from a user. The demographic information is transmitted to a central facility. A panelist identifier identifying the user is generated. The panelist identifier is stored in a shared memory of the media device, the panelist identifier to be retrieved by a monitoring enabled application, the monitoring enabled application to collect monitoring information if the panelist identifier is in the shared memory and to disable collection of the media monitoring information if the panelist identifier is not in the shared memory.

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus for efficient execution of modules are disclosed. An example method includes generating, by a first module, a first module identifier, the first module having been instantiated by an advertisement on a webpage, loading, by the first module, a component, communicating the module identifier to the component, determining that a second module having a second module identifier has been loaded, and, in response to determining that the second module has been loaded, communicating, by the first module, the second module identifier to the component to instruct the component to communicate with the second module.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 16/903 - Requêtes

Abrégé

Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to implement down-mixing compensation for audio watermarking are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to compensate for audio channel down-mixing when embedding watermarks in a multichannel audio signal include obtaining a watermark to be embedded in respective ones of a plurality of audio channels of the multichannel audio signal. Such example methods also include embedding the watermark in a first one of the plurality of audio channels based on a compensation factor that is to reduce perceptibility of the watermark when the first one of the plurality of audio channels is down-mixed with a second one of the plurality of audio channels after the watermark has been applied to the first and second ones of the plurality of audio channels.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/008 - Codage ou décodage du signal audio multi-canal utilisant la corrélation inter-canaux pour réduire la redondance, p. ex. stéréo combinée, codage d’intensité ou matriçage
• G10L 19/018 - Mise en place d’un filigrane audio, c.-à-d. insertion de données inaudibles dans le signal audio

Abrégé

Methods and apparatus to determine ratings information for online media presentations are disclosed. An example method includes receiving pingback messages corresponding to presentation of media at a client device, determining a portion of the media that was presented at the client device based on the pingback messages, obtaining demographic information associated with the client device, and determining a demographic characteristic associated with the presentation of the portion of the media based on the pingback messages and the demographic information.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 21/25 - Opérations de gestion réalisées par le serveur pour faciliter la distribution de contenu ou administrer des données liées aux utilisateurs finaux ou aux dispositifs clients, p. ex. authentification des utilisateurs finaux ou des dispositifs clients ou apprentissage des préférences des utilisateurs pour recommander des films
• H04N 21/258 - Gestion de données liées aux clients ou aux utilisateurs finaux, p. ex. gestion des capacités des clients, préférences ou données démographiques des utilisateurs, traitement des multiples préférences des utilisateurs finaux pour générer des données collaboratives

Abrégé

System, apparatus and method for determining semantic information from audio, where incoming audio is sampled and processed to extract audio features, including temporal, spectral, harmonic and rhythmic features. The extracted audio features are compared to stored audio templates that include ranges and/or values for certain features and are tagged for specific ranges and/or values. The semantic information may be associated with audio codes to determine changing characteristics of identified media during a time period.

Classes IPC  ?

• G10L 19/00 - Techniques d'analyse ou de synthèse de la parole ou des signaux audio pour la réduction de la redondance, p. ex. dans les vocodeursCodage ou décodage de la parole ou des signaux audio utilisant les modèles source-filtre ou l’analyse psychoacoustique
• G10L 25/48 - Techniques d'analyse de la parole ou de la voix qui ne se limitent pas à un seul des groupes spécialement adaptées pour un usage particulier