US 12,190,335 B2
Methods and apparatus to generate reference signature assets from meter signatures
Albert T. Borawski, Oldsmar, FL (US); Geetanjali Arya, New York, NY (US); and Satish Kumar Kukunuru, Tampa, FL (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 Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/515,152.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138064 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H04H 60/37 (2008.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01) [G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/90344 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:
comparing a meter signature string with a search signature string to identify a fragment match result,
wherein the search signatures string comprises metadata,
wherein the metadata comprises a length of a media associated with the search signature string, a start time of the search signature string, and an end time of the search signature string, and
wherein the fragment match result is associated with a sequence position within the media based on the length of the media and the start time and end time of the search signature string;
generating a candidate signature asset from the meter signature string based on the sequence position and the length of the media by:
identifying a media window of the meter signature string based on the sequence position represented by the search signature string included in the fragment match result and the length of the media;
storing the candidate signature asset in a candidate pool associated with the media when the fragment match result is identified; and
identifying a reference signature asset from the candidate pool to represent the media.