Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to determine penetration and churn of streaming services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12273575-B2
Application number	US-202418596430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2024
Priority date	Oct 13, 2022
Publication date	Apr 8, 2025
Grant date	Apr 8, 2025

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that determine a penetration and a churn of a streaming service. Example apparatus disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to instantiate at least interval determination circuitry to determine an interval between the first tuning event and the second tuning event, the first and second tuning events corresponding to streaming of media in a first household using the streaming service via a media device, characterization circuitry to characterize a status of the first household as subscribed when the interval satisfies a threshold, aggregation circuitry to aggregate statuses of households over a time period, the households including the first household, and penetration determination circuitry to generate first analytical data based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of households at a timestamp, the timestamp within the time period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An audience measurement system comprising:
a processor; and
at least one memory having stored thereon computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the audience measurement system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
calculating an interval between a first tuning event and a second tuning event, wherein the first and second tuning events each correspond to streaming of media in a first household using a given streaming service;
labeling a status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service when the interval satisfies a retention threshold;
combining statuses of multiple households over a time period, wherein the multiple households include the first household; and
determining a penetration measure based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of the households at a timestamp, wherein the time period includes the timestamp.

2. The audience measurement system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include determining that the interval satisfies the retention threshold, and wherein labeling the status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service is performed in response to determining that the interval satisfies the retention threshold.

3. The audience measurement system of claim 1 , wherein the first tuning event is associated with a first timestamp and the second tuning event is associated with a second timestamp that occurs later in time than the first timestamp, wherein the time period includes both the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and wherein the labeling the status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service includes labeling the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service during the interval.

4. The audience measurement system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include determining a churn measure based on a number of canceled subscriptions per a time frame, wherein the time period includes the time frame, and wherein the number of canceled subscriptions correspond to a number of the households with at least one subscribed status and at least one unsubscribed status during the time frame.

5. The audience measurement system of claim 4 , wherein the operations further include determining the number of canceled subscriptions per the time frame by:
calculating a second interval between a third tuning event and a fourth tuning event, wherein the third and fourth tuning events each correspond to streaming of media in a second household using the given streaming service; and
labeling a status of the second household as unsubscribed to the given streaming service when the second interval does not satisfy the retention threshold.

6. The audience measurement system of claim 4 , wherein the operations further include determining the number of canceled subscriptions per the time frame by:
calculating a second interval between a third tuning event and an end of the time period, wherein the third tuning event corresponds to streaming of media in a second household using the given streaming service; and
labeling a status of the second household as unsubscribed to the given streaming service when the second interval does not satisfy the retention threshold.

7. The audience measurement system of claim 4 , wherein the time frame is the time period.

8. A method comprising:
calculating an interval between a first tuning event and a second tuning event, wherein the first and second tuning events each correspond to streaming of media in a first household using a given streaming service;
labeling a status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service when the interval satisfies a retention threshold;
combining statuses of multiple households over a time period, wherein the multiple households include the first household; and
determining a penetration measure based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of the households at a timestamp, wherein the time period includes the timestamp.

9. The method of claim 8 , further including determining that the interval satisfies the retention threshold, and wherein labeling the status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service is performed in response to determining that the interval satisfies the retention threshold.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first tuning event is associated with a first timestamp and the second tuning event is associated with a second timestamp that occurs later in time than the first timestamp, wherein the time period includes both the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and wherein the labeling the status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service includes labeling the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service during the interval.

11. The method of claim 8 , further including determining a churn measure based on a number of canceled subscriptions per a time frame, wherein the time period includes the time frame, and wherein the number of canceled subscriptions correspond to a number of the households with at least one subscribed status and at least one unsubscribed status during the time frame.

12. The method of claim 11 , further including determining the number of canceled subscriptions per the time frame by:
calculating a second interval between a third tuning event and a fourth tuning event, wherein the third and fourth tuning events each correspond to streaming of media in a second household using the given streaming service; and
labeling a status of the second household as unsubscribed to the given streaming service when the second interval does not satisfy the retention threshold.

13. The method of claim 11 , further including determining the number of canceled subscriptions per the time frame by:
calculating a second interval between a third tuning event and an end of the time period, wherein the third tuning event corresponds to streaming of media in a second household using the given streaming service; and
labeling a status of the second household as unsubscribed to the given streaming service when the second interval does not satisfy the retention threshold.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause performance of:
calculating an interval between a first tuning event and a second tuning event, wherein the first and second tuning events each correspond to streaming of media in a first household using a given streaming service;
labeling a status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service when the interval satisfies a retention threshold;
combining statuses of multiple households over a time period, wherein the multiple households include the first household; and
determining a penetration measure based on a number of subscribed statuses per a total number of the households at a timestamp, wherein the time period includes the timestamp.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause, when executed by the processor, performance of determining that the interval satisfies the retention threshold, and wherein labeling the status of the first household as subscribed to the given streaming service is performed in response to determining that the interval satisfies the retention threshold.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the first tuning event is associated with a first timestamp and the second tuning event

Assignees

• Nielsen Co Us Llc

Inventors

• Fuhrer Brian
• Borawski Albert T
• Rini Kevin J
• Jones Jill J

Classifications

• G06Q30/0201 Primary

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  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

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  Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number (arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38) · CPC title

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  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