US 12,114,040 B2
Methods and apparatus to monitor streaming media content
Kale Smith, New York, NY (US); and Ben Ropke, New Rochelle, NY (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 Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,121.
Application 18/489,121 is a continuation of application No. 17/565,175, filed on Dec. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,831,949.
Application 17/565,175 is a continuation of application No. 17/068,458, filed on Oct. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,252,469, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Application 17/068,458 is a continuation of application No. 16/224,533, filed on Dec. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,805,677, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048801 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/442 (2011.01); G06F 21/16 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G10L 19/018 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 43/045 (2022.01); H04L 43/062 (2022.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44204 (2013.01) [G06F 21/16 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G10L 19/018 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 43/062 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44224 (2020.08); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01); H04L 2463/101 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a processor, cause performance of operations comprising:
detecting a streaming media flag in a payload of a watermark detected in media presented by a media presentation device, the streaming media flag comprising at least one of a first value or a second value, the first value indicating that the media was streamed to the media presentation device;
based on determining that the streaming media flag in the payload of the detected watermark comprises the first value, discarding the detected watermark from data collected from a household; and
based on the data, generating a media presentation report indicating that the media was presented at the household.