Media usage monitoring and measurement system and method
First Claim
1. A media measurement method comprising:
- submitting data samples corresponding to portions of audio data captured at a monitoring device for content recognition against known media content; and
using audience data to enhance identification of a sample.
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Abstract
Media monitoring and measurement systems and methods are disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a media measurement system and method that utilizes audience data to enhance content identifications. Some embodiments analyze media player log data to enhance content identification. Other embodiments of the present invention analyze sample sequence data to enhance content identifications. Other embodiments analyze sequence data to enhance content identification and/or to establish channel identification. Yet other embodiments provide a system and method in which sample construction and selection parameters are adjusted based upon identification results. Yet other embodiments provide a method in which play-altering activity of an audience member is deduced from content offset values of identifications corresponding to captured samples. Yet other embodiments provide a monitoring and measurement system in which a media monitoring device is adapted to receive a wireless or non-wireless audio signal from a media player, the audio signal also being received wirelessly by headphones of a user of the monitoring device.
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62 Claims
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1. A media measurement method comprising:
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submitting data samples corresponding to portions of audio data captured at a monitoring device for content recognition against known media content; and
using audience data to enhance identification of a sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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8. The method of 7 wherein the audience member is a first audience member and content related to a location of the first audience member is determined at least in part by identifying content received from a monitoring device being used by a second audience member at a time and place proximate to that associated with the sample corresponding to audio data received from the monitoring device used by the first audience member.
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19. A media measurement method comprising:
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receiving audio data from a monitoring device, the audio data being divisible into a series of samples; and
determining a sample for attempted identification based at least in part upon a result of an attempt to identify a prior sample against known content. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A media measurement method comprising:
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generating a raw play stream of content identification results corresponding to a sequence of data samples; and
scrubbing the raw play stream by, with respect to samples that are not identified or appear to be misidentified, analyzing sample sequence data to attempt selection of corrected content identifications. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A media measurement method comprising:
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generating a raw play stream of content identification results corresponding to a sequence of data samples; and
using sample sequence data to identify a channel corresponding to the samples. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A media measurement method comprising:
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generating a raw play stream of content identification results corresponding to a sequence of submitted data samples; and
utilizing sample sequence data including content offset data to deduce play-altering actions of a monitored audience member. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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48. A media measurement system comprising:
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a plurality of monitoring devices; and
a system adapted to receive and process audio data received from the monitoring devices, the system being adapted to measure media usage by users of the monitoring devices wherein;
a device of the plurality of monitoring devices is adapted to receive a signal that is received wirelessly by headphones being used by an audience member monitored by the monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A computer program product for measuring media usage, the computer program product comprising executable instruction code in an electronically readable medium for at least:
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submitting a data samples corresponding to portions of audio data captured at a monitoring device for content recognition against known media content; and
using audience data to enhance identification of a sample. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A media measurement system comprising:
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content recognition means for attempting identification of a media sample; and
means for enhancing identification of the media sample using information exogenous to the media sample.
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62. A media measurement method comprising:
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recognition steps for attempting identification of a media sample; and
steps for enhancing identification of the media sample using information exogenous to the media sample.
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