CPC H04N 21/25883 (2013.01) [G06F 16/78 (2019.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0204 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0246 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An apparatus comprising:
reporting message receiver circuitry to receive a first reporting message from a client device coupled to a residential gateway having an internet protocol (IP) address;
AME ID determiner circuitry to assign an audience measurement entity (AME) identifier (ID) to the IP address provided by the first reporting message, the assigning to be performed using criteria other than data identifying a preexisting registration of the IP address with a user account registered with the AME;
redirect instructor circuitry to send a redirect instruction to the client device to cause the client device to send a second reporting message to a database proprietor, the redirect instruction to include the AME identifier and the IP address; and
DP message reporting receiver circuitry to receive, after the sending of the redirect instruction, a third reporting message from the database proprietor that includes a database proprietor (DP) identifier.
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