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Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify media presentation devices

  • US 9,712,626 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2015
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, at a port in communication with a local network, a data packet including a source identification, the data packet being addressed to a destination in a wide area network and originating from a media presentation device in the local network;

    querying, using a processor in communication with the port, a User-Agent database using the source identification, wherein the source identification is included in a User-Agent field in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request to identify a device type of the media presentation device;

    storing the device type and an indication of media exposure;

    aggregating media requests for the device type to generate usage information;

    ranking a plurality of device types by usage information; and

    generating a report of the ranking of the plurality of device types.

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