US 12,328,351 B2
Methods and apparatus to identify streaming sessions
Alexander Topchy, New Port Richey, FL (US); Jeremey M. Davis, New Port Richey, FL (US); and Khaldun Karazoun, 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 May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,452.
Application 18/316,452 is a continuation of application No. 17/142,905, filed on Jan. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,652,859.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,314, filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328125 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/835 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 65/60 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/24 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/835 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
transmitting, via a network interface, a request to a server of a streaming service provider (SSP) to provide a probing tool to be installed on a metering device, wherein
i) the metering device does not have media streaming capabilities associated with the SSP and is configured to collect audience measurement information associated with streaming of media by a media presentation device, and
ii) the probing tool installed on the metering device and authorized by the SSP is configured to interact with an SSP application to discover a player identifier that uniquely identifies the SSP application for streaming media on the media presentation device;
receiving, from the metering device via the network interface and based on the probing tool installed on the metering device, the player identifier that identifies the SSP application;
determining, based on the player identifier, an association of the media presentation device to an SSP application running on the media presentation device;
based on meter data obtained from the metering device via the network interface, determining a time at which the media is presented at the media presentation device;
comparing the time the media is presented at the media presentation device to a streaming session log obtained from the server of the SSP via the network interface to identify a target streaming session in which the media was presented at the time; and
based on the target streaming session and the player identifier generated by the metering device and received from the metering device via the network interface, associating a panelist identifier with a streaming session identifier corresponding to the target streaming session.