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US11212570B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H60/31
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of automatically logging and collating geographic viewing data for broadcast television comprises providing a media device with a reporting means arranged to generate viewing data detailing a channel being watched automatically once received by the media device, and to transmit that viewing data to a server using a transport protocol, so forming transmitted viewing data comprising the generated viewing data and one or more headers associated with the transport protocol; processing the transmitted viewing data to identify information comprising at least one of: transmission metadata from a transmitter which transmitted the channel to the media device; and an external IP address of the media device; matching at least one of the viewing-data, the transmission metadata, and the external IP address to external data; and determining the geographical location from which the viewing-data originated using at least one of the identified information and the matched external data.
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