Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify candidates for media asset qualification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11638052-B2
Application number	US-202117334274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2021
Priority date	May 28, 2021
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify candidates for media asset qualification. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a media creditor to determine whether to credit a first media asset to linear media or non-linear media, the non-linear media including subscription video on demand (SVOD). Disclosed example apparatus also include a media asset candidate controller to: classify the first media asset as a non-candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset being credited to the linear media or the non-linear media. In some examples, the media asset candidate controller is to determine whether to classify the first media asset as a candidate for media asset qualification based on whether the first media asset remains uncredited by the media creditor and the first media asset overlaps a streaming period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
interface circuitry;
programmable circuitry;
media creditor instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to determine whether to credit a first media asset to linear media or non-linear media, the non-linear media including subscription video on demand (SVOD); and
media asset candidate controller instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to:
classify the first media asset as a non-candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset being credited to the linear media or the non-linear media; and
determine whether to classify the first media asset as a candidate for media asset qualification based on whether the first media asset remains uncredited by the media creditor instructions and the first media asset overlaps a streaming period.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media asset candidate controller instructions are to cause the programmable circuitry to classify the first media asset as the candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset remaining uncredited by the media creditor instructions and the first media asset overlapping with the streaming period.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further including streaming creditor instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to determine the streaming period based on streaming information reported by a meter.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the streaming creditor instructions are to cause the programmable circuitry to credit the streaming period to a device registered with an audience measurement entity.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media asset candidate controller instructions are to cause the programmable circuitry to, in response to at least two timestamps of the first media asset indicating that the first media asset covers times within a first threshold amount of time after a start timestamp of the streaming period and within a second threshold of time after an end timestamp of the streaming period, determine that the first media asset overlaps with the streaming period.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including a reference database including a reference media asset, and wherein the media creditor instructions are to cause the programmable circuitry to determine whether the first media asset matches the reference media asset to determine whether to credit the first media asset to the linear media or the non-linear media.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first media asset includes a signature and media metadata.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further including:
streaming source creditor instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to determine an identity of a source of streamed media provided to a device during the streaming period; and
media asset manager instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to qualify the first media asset based on at least the identity of the source of the streamed media provided to the device during the streaming period.

9. An apparatus comprising:
at least one memory;
computer readable instructions; and
at least one processor to execute the instructions to:
determine whether to credit a first media asset to linear media or non-linear media, the non-linear media including subscription video on demand (SVOD);
classify the first media asset as a non-candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset being credited to the linear media or the non-linear media; and
determine whether to classify the first media asset as a candidate for media asset qualification based on whether the first media asset remains uncredited and the first media asset overlaps a streaming period.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is to classify the first media asset as the candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset remaining uncredited and the first media asset overlapping with the streaming period.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is to determine the streaming period based on streaming information reported by a meter.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is to credit the streaming period to a device registered with an audience measurement entity.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is to, in response to at least two timestamps of the first media asset indicating that the first media asset covers times within a first threshold amount of time after a start timestamp of the streaming period and within a second threshold of time after an end timestamp of the streaming period, determine that the first media asset overlaps with the streaming period.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:
the memory includes a reference media asset; and
the at least one processor is to determine whether the first media asset matches the reference media asset to determine whether to credit the first media asset to the linear media or the non-linear media.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first media asset includes a signature and media metadata.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is to:
determine an identity of a source of streamed media provided to a device during the streaming period; and
qualify the first media asset based on at least the identity of the source of the streamed media provided to the device during the streaming period.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:
determine whether to credit a first media asset to linear media or non-linear media, the non-linear media including subscription video on demand (SVOD);
classify the first media asset as a non-candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset being credited to the linear media or the non-linear media; and
determine whether to classify the first media asset as a candidate for media asset qualification based on whether the first media asset remains uncredited and the first media asset overlaps a streaming period.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions are to cause the at least one processor to classify the first media asset as the candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset remaining uncredited and the first media asset overlapping with the streaming period.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are to cause the at least one processor to determine the streaming period based on streaming information reported by a meter.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are to cause the at least one processor to credit the streaming period to a device registered with an audience measurement entity.

Assignees

• Nielsen Co Us Llc

Inventors

• Ranganathan Raghuram
• Wright David Howell
• Petro James
• Nelson Daniel
• Cross Deborah

Classifications

• H04N21/4345 Primary

  Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream · CPC title

• H04N21/2407 Primary

  Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads (arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14) · CPC title

• H04N21/44204

  Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31) · CPC title

• H04N21/44222

  Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programmes or purchase activity (monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33) · CPC title

• H04N21/42684

  Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID (network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00) · CPC title