Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to broadcast signals having embedded data
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Application No.: US16208225Application Date: 2018-12-03
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Publication No.: US10693510B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Girish Khavasi
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04B1/04
- IPC: H04B1/04 ; H04B1/06 ; H04W4/02 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
Example methods and apparatus to measure exposure to broadcast signals having embedded data are disclosed. An example broadcast signal exposure meter includes a first decoder to obtain an identifier of a broadcast station from an audio signal output by an end user broadcast receiver, a radio to tune to a broadcast signal from the broadcast station associated with the identifier of the broadcast station, a second decoder to obtain embedded data from the broadcast signal, the embedded data representing media contained in the broadcast signal, and an interface to provide the embedded data to a server, the server to determine audience measurement information for the media based on the provided embedded data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190181896A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE EXPOSURE TO BROADCAST SIGNALS HAVING EMBEDDED DATA Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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