US 12,271,452 B2
End-point media watermarking
Arun Ramaswamy, Tampa, FL (US); Timothy Scott Cooper, Tarpon Springs, FL (US); Jeremey M. Davis, New Port Richey, FL (US); and Alexander Topchy, New Port Richey, 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 Apr. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/640,446.
Application 18/640,446 is a continuation of application No. 18/069,817, filed on Dec. 21, 2022, abandoned.
Application 18/069,817 is a continuation of application No. 16/405,130, filed on May 7, 2019, granted, now 11,537,690, issued on Dec. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0265073 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/16 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/16 (2013.01) [G06F 21/1063 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
a portable people meter; and
an audience measurement entity (AME) device configured to:
determine that the portable people meter is associated with a panelist that is a member of a subset of panelists, and
based on the determination, cause the portable people meter to send a triggering signal to a watermarking device,
wherein receipt of the triggering signal by the watermarking device causes the watermarking device to watermark a media signal.