Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs

US8065697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Nielsen Company (US), LLC · US

Inventors

• David Howell Wright · Bridgeport, US
• Joseph G. Milavsky · Palm Harbor, US
• Morris Lee · Palm Harbor, US
• William A. Feininger · Palm Harbor, US
• Charles Clinton Conklin · New Port Richey, US
• Vasiliki Koutsopanagos · Palm Harbor, US
• Arun Ramaswamy · Tampa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04H2201/90
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises displaying a previously recorded program on a display, determining a possible original broadcast time corresponding to the previously recorded program, determining program identifying information corresponding to the previously recorded program, and processing the possible original broadcast time information and the program identifying information to compare the previously recorded program with a known broadcast program.