US 11,677,996 B2
Methods and apparatus for affiliate interrupt detection
Jeremey M. Davis, New Port Richey, FL (US); David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US); Alexander Topchy, New Port Richey, FL (US); Cherisse Ponraj, Dunedin, FL (US); Chris Curtis, Palm Harbor, FL (US); Jonathan Chazen, Demarest, NJ (US); Markus Kurt Cremer, Orinda, CA (US); Sharmishtha Gupta, Fremont, CA (US); and Jeffrey Scott, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,027.
Application 17/389,027 is a continuation of application No. 16/588,970, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,082,730.
Prior Publication US 2022/0094997 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/238 (2011.01); H04N 21/2389 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/23892 (2013.01) [H04N 21/233 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one memory;
instructions; and
processor circuitry to execute the instructions to at least:
compare a first signature of a first affiliate signal and a second signature of a second affiliate signal to determine whether first media conveyed by the first affiliate signal and second media conveyed by the second affiliate signal match during a time segment; and
determine whether the time segment corresponds to an affiliate interrupt based on a first threshold and a second threshold, the first threshold associated with an amount of difference between the first signature and the second signature, the second threshold associated with a duration of the time segment.