| CPC H04N 21/44204 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |
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1. A computing device to adjust a tuning event comprising:
interface circuitry to obtain panel data and census data;
a processor including one or more of:
at least one of a central processor unit, a graphics processor unit, or a digital signal processor, the at least one of the central processor unit, the graphics processor unit, or the digital signal processor having control circuitry to control data movement within the processor circuitry, arithmetic and logic circuitry to perform one or more first operations corresponding to instructions, and one or more registers to store a result of the one or more first operations, the instructions in the computing device;
a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), the FPGA including logic gate circuitry, a plurality of configurable interconnections, and storage circuitry, the logic gate circuitry and the plurality of the configurable interconnections to perform one or more second operations, the storage circuitry to store a result of the one or more second operations; or
Application Specific Integrated Circuitry (ASIC) including logic gate circuitry to perform one or more third operations;
the processor configured to perform the operations to:
detect a combination of metadata categories associated with the panel data and the census data and a type of viewing for the tuning event, wherein to detect the type of viewing includes to:
parse through metadata of weighted viewing minutes from the panel data and the census data to read at least corresponding view start times and credit start times of the weighted viewing minutes; and
tag portions of the metadata as live-viewing minutes or time-shifted viewing (TSV) minutes based on the corresponding view start times and the credit start times of the weighted viewing minutes;
determine an initial adjustment factor for a group of stations and the combination of metadata categories associated with the panel data and the census data based partly on the type of viewing for the tuning event; and
determine a final adjustment factor for the group of stations based on the initial adjustment factor and a bias correction factor; and
adjust weighted viewing minutes of the tuning event based on the final adjustment factor, the tuning event corresponding to the group of stations and the combination of metadata categories, the adjusted tuning event to be credited to media.
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