Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program
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1. An apparatus to detect portions of a recorded program that were not played back in real time, comprising:
- a time stamper to record a plurality of recording times in association with a recorded program, respective ones of the recording times indicating times of day at which respective sections of the recorded program were recorded;
a memory to store the recorded program;
a presentation time retriever to;
retrieve a first recording time of the recording times of a first section of the sections of the recorded program being played back;
retrieve a second recording time of the recording times of a second section of the sections of the recorded program being played back;
store the first recording time in association with a first playback time of the first section; and
store the second recording time in association with a second playback time of the second section; and
a detector to compare the first and second recording times to calculate a recording interval.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program are disclosed. In a disclosed method, a plurality of recording times of sections of a recorded program are stored in association with playback times of the recorded program. Playback intervals between sequential pairs of the playback times are compared with corresponding recording intervals between sequential pairs of the recording times to determine if any portion of the recorded program was not played back in real time.
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1. An apparatus to detect portions of a recorded program that were not played back in real time, comprising:
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a time stamper to record a plurality of recording times in association with a recorded program, respective ones of the recording times indicating times of day at which respective sections of the recorded program were recorded; a memory to store the recorded program; a presentation time retriever to; retrieve a first recording time of the recording times of a first section of the sections of the recorded program being played back; retrieve a second recording time of the recording times of a second section of the sections of the recorded program being played back; store the first recording time in association with a first playback time of the first section; and store the second recording time in association with a second playback time of the second section; and a detector to compare the first and second recording times to calculate a recording interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of developing usage data with respect to a recorded program, comprising:
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storing recording times in association with sections of the recorded program, wherein the recording times represent times of day at which respective ones of the sections were recorded; playing back first and second ones of the sections; storing a first one of the recording times corresponding to the first section in association with a first playback time of the first recorded section; storing a second one of the recording times corresponding to the second section in association with a second playback time of the second recorded section; and comparing, via a logic circuit, the first and second recording times to generate a recording interval.
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23. A method for generating a playback information log file entry, comprising:
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storing, via a logic circuit, a first timestamp in a log file indicative of when a stored program is played back, the first timestamp indicating a time of day; storing, via the logic circuit, a first recording time of the stored broadcast in the log file, the first recording time identifying a time of day at which a first segment of the stored program was recorded; and in response to detecting a difference between (1) a recording interval based on the first recording time and a second recording time and (2) a playback interval based on the first timestamp and a second timestamp, obtaining and storing, via the logic circuit, a program identifier in the log file corresponding to at least one of a start time of the recording interval or an end time of the recording interval. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A tangible machine readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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store recording times in association with sections of a recorded program, wherein the recording times represent times of day at which respective ones of the sections were recorded; store a first one of the recording times corresponding to the first section in association with a first playback time of the first recorded section; store a second one of the recording times corresponding to the second section in association with a second playback time of the second recorded section; and generate a recording interval by comparing the first and second recording times.
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