Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a segment identifier to identify a first number of times a media segment was fast-forwarded and a second number of times the media segment was rewound; and
a recapture identifier to determine whether the media segment was recaptured based on a comparison of the first number times to the second number of times, wherein at least one of the segment identifier or the recapture identifier is to be implemented with a processor.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded program are disclosed. An example disclosed apparatus includes a segment identifier to identify a first number of times a media segment was fast-forwarded and a second number of times the media segment was rewound; and a recapture identifier to determine whether the media segment was recaptured based on a comparison of the first number of times and the second number of times.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a segment identifier to identify a first number of times a media segment was fast-forwarded and a second number of times the media segment was rewound; and a recapture identifier to determine whether the media segment was recaptured based on a comparison of the first number times to the second number of times, wherein at least one of the segment identifier or the recapture identifier is to be implemented with a processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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determining, with a processor, a first number of times a media segment was fast-forwarded; determining, with the processor, a second number of times the media segment was rewound; and determining, with the processor, whether the media segment was recaptured based on a comparison of the first number of times to the second number of time. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A tangible computer readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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populate a first section of a data structure with an identifier associated with a media segment when the media segment is fast-forwarded; populate a second section of the data structure with the identifier associated with the media segment when the media segment is rewound; and determine whether the media segment was recaptured based on a comparison of the first section of the data structure to the second section of the data structure. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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