Methods and apparatus for loading and roll-off of reference media assets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024414396-A1
Application number	US-202418809508-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 20, 2024
Priority date	Nov 30, 2021
Publication date	Dec 12, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for loading and roll-off of reference media assets. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine whether a first condition to prune a reference media asset is satisfied, and in response to a determination that the first condition is satisfied, determine whether a second condition to prune the reference media asset is satisfied. Disclosed example apparatus are also to, in response to a determination that the second condition is satisfied: segment the reference media asset into a plurality of segments based on a length of the reference media asset, prune a first one of the segments, and retain a second one of the segments in a database to compare with meter data to credit media exposure associated with the reference media asset.

First claim

1 . A computing system comprising:
a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:
obtaining, from a database, a reference media asset;
determining a length of the reference media asset, wherein the length is a total time of the reference media asset;
segmenting the length of the reference media asset into a plurality of portions including a first portion and a second portion;
replacing, in the database, the reference media asset with the first portion of the plurality of portions; and
crediting media exposure using the first portion.

2 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of portions represent discrete time segments of the total time.

3 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of portions are temporally adjacent time segments.

4 . The computing system of claim 1 , the set of operations further comprising:
pruning the second portion of the plurality of portions from the reference media asset.

5 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the reference media asset is associated with a streaming media asset.

6 . The computing system of claim 1 , the set of operations further comprising:
obtaining, from a meter, a media asset; and comparing the media asset to the first portion of the plurality of portions.

7 . The computing system of claim 6 , wherein the crediting occurs in response to the comparing.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a processor, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:
obtaining, from a database, a reference media asset; determining a length of the reference media asset, wherein the length is a total time of the reference media asset; segmenting the length of the reference media asset into a plurality of portions including a first portion and a second portion; replacing, in the database, the reference media asset with the first portion of the plurality of portions; and crediting media exposure using the first portion.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of portions represent discrete time segments of the total time.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of portions are temporally adjacent time segments.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , the set of operations further comprising:
pruning the second portion of the plurality of portions from the reference media asset.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the reference media asset is associated with a streaming media asset.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , the set of operations further comprising:
obtaining, from a meter, a media asset; and comparing the media asset to the first portion of the plurality of portions.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the crediting occurs in response to the comparing.

15 . A method comprising:
obtaining, from a database, a reference media asset; determining a length of the reference media asset, wherein the length is a total time of the reference media asset; segmenting the length of the reference media asset into a plurality of portions including a first portion and a second portion; replacing, in the database, the reference media asset with the first portion of the plurality of portions; and crediting media exposure using the first portion.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of portions represent discrete time segments of the total time.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of portions are temporally adjacent time segments.

18 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
pruning the second portion of the plurality of portions from the reference media asset.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the reference media asset is associated with a streaming media asset.

20 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
obtaining, from a meter, a media asset; and comparing the media asset to the first portion of the plurality of portions, wherein the crediting occurs in response to the comparing.

Assignees

• Nielsen Co Us Llc

Inventors

• Tapse Sandeep
• Nelson Daniel
• Ranganathan Raghuram

Classifications

• H04N21/44222

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• H04N21/23109

  by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository (details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739) · CPC title

• H04N21/2547

  Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser · CPC title

• H04N21/42203

  sound input device, e.g. microphone · CPC title

• H04N21/4394

  involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58) · CPC title