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Channel tune dwell time log processing

  • US 8,438,591 B2
  • Filed: 11/22/2011
  • Issued: 05/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Software stored in one or more computer-readable storage devices and storing instructions executable by one or more computers that upon such execution cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

  • identifying channel tunes and corresponding tune times of television processing devices from reporting data related to television processing devices;

    for each television processing device;

    identify channel tune cluster pairs, each channel tune cluster pair being a first channel tune-in to a first channel at a first time and a subsequent channel tune out for the first channel at a second time and without an intervening channel tune-in or tune-out between the first time and the second time, the first time occurring before the second time;

    for each channel tune cluster pair, determining a dwell time based on a difference between the first time and the second time;

    determining that only channel tunes for channel tune cluster pairs having a dwell time that is a characteristic dwell time are automatically generated channel tunes, wherein each characteristic dwell time is indicative of a channel tune generated by a programmed recording device.

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