Using messaging associated with adaptive bitrate streaming to perform media monitoring for mobile platforms
First Claim
1. A media monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a server querier to;
access a request received from a first server of an audience measurement entity (AME), the request being for network log information corresponding to a first adaptive bitrate streaming uniform resource locator (URL) included in a first message sent by a mobile platform to a second server to request delivery of first streaming media according to an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol; and
query a third server of a service provider providing network access for the mobile platform to retrieve the network log information corresponding to the first adaptive bitrate streaming URL from the third server; and
a provider data reporter to return the network log information to the first server of the AME in response to the request.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, storage media, etc., to perform media monitoring for mobile platforms using messaging associated with adaptive bitrate streaming are disclosed. Example media monitoring methods disclosed herein include accessing a request received from a first server of an audience measurement entity (AME) requesting network log information corresponding to a first adaptive bitrate streaming uniform resource locator (URL) included in a first message sent by a mobile platform to a second server to request delivery of first streaming media according to an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol. Disclosed example methods also include retrieving the network log information corresponding to the first adaptive bitrate streaming URL from a third server of a service provider providing network access for the mobile platform, and returning the network log information to the first server of the AME in response to the request.
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24 Claims
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1. A media monitoring apparatus comprising:
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a server querier to; access a request received from a first server of an audience measurement entity (AME), the request being for network log information corresponding to a first adaptive bitrate streaming uniform resource locator (URL) included in a first message sent by a mobile platform to a second server to request delivery of first streaming media according to an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol; and query a third server of a service provider providing network access for the mobile platform to retrieve the network log information corresponding to the first adaptive bitrate streaming URL from the third server; and a provider data reporter to return the network log information to the first server of the AME in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A media monitoring system comprising:
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means for querying a server of a service provider to retrieve network log information corresponding to a first adaptive bitrate streaming uniform resource locator (URL) from the server of the service provider in response to a request from a server of an audience measurement entity (AME) requesting network log information corresponding to the first adaptive bitrate streaming URL, the first adaptive bitrate streaming URL obtained from a first message sent by a mobile platform to a streaming media server to request delivery of first streaming media according to an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol, the service provider providing network access for the mobile platform; and means for forwarding the network log information to the server of the AME in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible machine readable storage medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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query a server of a service provider to retrieve network log information corresponding to a first adaptive bitrate streaming URL from the server of the service provider in response to a request from a server of an audience measurement entity (AME) requesting network log information corresponding to the first adaptive bitrate streaming URL, the first adaptive bitrate streaming URL obtained from a first message sent by a mobile platform to a streaming media server to request delivery of first streaming media according to an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol, the service provider providing network access for the mobile platform; and forward the network log information to the server of the AME in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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