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Measuring video asset viewing

  • US 10,089,592 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2012
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a computing system and from a plurality of devices, a plurality of content-viewing events associated with output of a plurality of content assets by the plurality of devices during a period of time;

    selecting, by the computing system, a pair of content-viewing events from the plurality of content-viewing events, based at least in part on a first time and a first device of the plurality of devices indicated by a first content-viewing event of the pair of content-viewing events, and a second time indicated by a second content-viewing event of the pair of content-viewing events;

    determining, by the computing system, a plurality of intervals within the period of time, each interval of the plurality of intervals having an equal duration;

    generating, by the computing system and based at least in part on the plurality of content-viewing events, a plurality of entries for storage in a database, wherein an entry of the plurality of entries associates the first device of the plurality of devices with an array of elements, wherein an element of the array of elements comprises a value indicating whether the first device outputted a first content asset of the plurality of content assets throughout a first interval of the plurality of intervals, wherein the element indicates a source from which the first content asset was received by the first device, and wherein the first interval is between the first time and the second time; and

    determining, by the computing system and based on the plurality of entries, a quantity of the plurality of devices that outputted;

    the first content asset, of the plurality of content assets, before a second content asset, anda third content asset, of the plurality of content assets, after the second content asset.

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