US 12,407,884 B2
Accelerated television advertisement identification
Narasimha Reddy Goli, Tampa, FL (US); Gangadhar Jakkula, Tampa, FL (US); Michael Allen Bivins, San Francisco, CA (US); Thomas A Potter, Shelton, CT (US); Venkata Lakshmi Kumar Pittu, Tampa, FL (US); and Kevin J. Rini, 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 Feb. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/436,694.
Application 18/436,694 is a continuation of application No. 17/982,222, filed on Nov. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,930,251.
Application 17/982,222 is a continuation of application No. 17/397,595, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,496,813, issued on Nov. 8, 2022.
Application 17/397,595 is a continuation of application No. 16/791,909, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,089,385, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Application 16/791,909 is a continuation of application No. 16/390,607, filed on Apr. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,567,848, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Application 16/390,607 is a continuation of application No. 15/334,875, filed on Oct. 26, 2016, granted, now 10,271,107, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 3858/DEL/2015 (IN), filed on Nov. 26, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187707 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 21/25435 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising a processor and a memory, the computing system configured to perform a set of acts comprising:
obtaining first identification information and first timing information for a commercial from a commercial monitoring system;
determining that media within media monitoring system (MMS) data provided by a MMS corresponds to the commercial based on the first identification information, the first timing information, second identification information for the media, and second timing information for the media;
based on the determining, identifying a final distributor code for the media, wherein the final distributor code is included in the MMS data, and wherein the MMS detects the final distributor code using a watermark detector;
mapping the final distributor code to an original distributor code;
identify timing information for the commercial using lineup data and the original distributor code; and
storing the timing information.