US 12,120,390 B2
Methods and apparatus to detect and rectify false set top box tuning data
Balachander Shankar, Tampa, FL (US); Jonathan Sullivan, Hurricane, UT (US); Molly Poppie, Arlington Heights, IL (US); John Charles Coughlin, Oldsmar, FL (US); Neung Soo Ha, Bethesda, MD (US); Paul Chimenti, Tampa, FL (US); Rachel Worth Olson, Elk Grove Village, IL (US); Samantha M. Mowrer, San Francisco, CA (US); David J. Kurzynski, South Elgin, IL (US); Joshua Ivan Friedman, New York, NY (US); and Adam E. Hasinski, Chicago, IL (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 Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,913.
Application 18/308,913 is a continuation of application No. 17/727,388, filed on Apr. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,647,254.
Application 17/727,388 is a continuation of application No. 16/747,374, filed on Jan. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,317,148, issued on Apr. 26, 2022.
Application 16/747,374 is a continuation of application No. 15/820,104, filed on Nov. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,542,316, issued on Jan. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291968 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 21/04 (2006.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44222 (2013.01) [H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/25833 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
a processor;
at least one memory, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause performance of operations comprising:
identifying, in return path data, first tuning data corresponding to a first group of set-top boxes, the first group of set-top boxes classified as associated with machine events;
making a comparison of first tuning events in the return path data and second tuning events in the return path data, the first tuning events attributed to the first group of the set-top boxes, the second tuning events attributed to a second group of the set-top boxes; and
based on an output of the comparison satisfying a threshold during a time interval, removing second tuning data associated with the time interval from the first tuning data.