US 12,464,180 B2
Methods and apparatus to identify media application sessions
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 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/660,656.
Application 18/660,656 is a continuation of application No. 17/227,195, filed on Apr. 9, 2021, granted, now 12,028,568.
Prior Publication US 2024/0414389 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 21/25883 (2013.01) [H04L 67/535 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audience measurement meter configured to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
identifying multiple dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) tones audibly presented by a media presentation device within a section of audio during a media session, wherein a length of the section of audio is less than one second;
determining a panelist identifier of a panelist associated with the media session;
correlating the multiple DTMF tones with a session identification value using a tone identification database, wherein the session identification value is usable by a media provider to link demographics of the panelist with media presented by the media presentation device during the media session; and
reporting the session identification value and the panelist identifier to a server.