US 12,413,646 B2
Methods and apparatus to facilitate meter to meter matching for media identification
Sandeep Tapse, Oldsmar, FL (US); and Daniel Nelson, 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 Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/333,524.
Application 18/333,524 is a continuation of application No. 17/723,081, filed on Apr. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,785,105.
Application 17/723,081 is a continuation of application No. 17/027,265, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,310,326, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Application 17/027,265 is a continuation of application No. 15/399,342, filed on Jan. 5, 2017, granted, now 10,785,329, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0106909 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/535 (2022.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audience measurement system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the audience measurement system to perform a set of operations comprising:
obtaining, from a first meter at a first audience measurement location, a first set of unknown signature segments;
obtaining, from one or more second meters at one or more respective second audience measurement locations, a second set of unknown signature segments;
selecting a candidate unknown signature segment from the first set of unknown signature segments, wherein the candidate unknown signature segment meets a threshold length;
comparing individual signatures of the candidate unknown signature segment with individual signatures of one or more unknown signature segments from the second set of unknown signature segments;
counting a number of times that the individual signatures of the candidate unknown signature segment matches the individual signatures of the unknown signature segments in the second set of unknown signatures segments;
determining that the candidate unknown signature segment is a matched signature segment when the number of times meets a counter threshold;
and
in response to a determination that the candidate unknown signature segment is a matched signature segment:
identifying, based on online activity associated with the first audience measurement location, media identifying information associated with the matched signature segment; and
storing the matched signature segment in association with the media identifying information in a signature reference database as a reference signature.