Methods and Apparatus to Calculate Audience Estimations
First Claim
1. A method to analyze viewership information comprising:
- identifying a subset of stored viewership data;
allocating an observation array having a first-dimension index, each indicie of the index associated with one time-period of at least one household datapoint in the subset of stored viewership data;
transferring the identified subset to the observation array;
building an extensible markup language (XML) file based on at least one detected characteristic in the observation array; and
generating a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the XML file for use with at least one query selection associated with the at least one detected characteristic.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for calculating audience estimations are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a subset of stored viewership data and allocating an observation array having a first-dimension index, each indicie of the index associated with one time-period of at least one household datapoint in the subset of stored viewership data. Additionally, the example method includes transferring the identified subset to the observation array, building an extensible markup language (XML) file based on at least one detected characteristic in the observation array, and generating a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the XML file for use with at least one query selection associated with the at least one detected characteristic.
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36 Claims
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1. A method to analyze viewership information comprising:
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identifying a subset of stored viewership data; allocating an observation array having a first-dimension index, each indicie of the index associated with one time-period of at least one household datapoint in the subset of stored viewership data; transferring the identified subset to the observation array; building an extensible markup language (XML) file based on at least one detected characteristic in the observation array; and generating a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the XML file for use with at least one query selection associated with the at least one detected characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus to analyze viewership information comprising:
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a viewership database to store viewership information associated with a plurality of households; an extensible markup language (XML) generator to transfer a portion of the viewership information to an observation array and generate an XML file indicative of viewership characteristics detected in the observation array; and an estimation engine to build a graphical user interface (GUI) based on a viewership characteristic detected in the observation array. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause the machine to:
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identify a subset of stored viewership data; allocate an observation array having a first-dimension index, each indicie of the index associated with one time-period of at least one household datapoint in the subset of stored viewership data; transfer the identified subset to the observation array; build an extensible markup language (XML) file based on at least one detected characteristic in the observation array; and generate a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the XML file for use with at least one query selection associated with the at least one detected characteristic.
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