Media monitoring based on predictive signature caching
First Claim
1. A method to monitor media, the method comprising:
- processing, by executing an instruction with a processor of a data processing facility, historical metering data provided to the data processing facility from a meter monitoring a media signal of a media device at a monitored site to predict media exposure to occur at the monitored site during a future monitoring interval, the data processing facility separate from the meter and in communication with the meter via a network;
obtaining, by executing an instruction with the processor, reference signatures representative of reference media predicted to be presented at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval; and
providing, by executing an instruction with the processor, the reference signatures from the data processing facility to the meter via the network prior to the future monitoring interval to cache at the meter to perform media monitoring at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for media monitoring based on predictive signature caching are disclosed. Disclosed example methods include processing historical metering data provided by a meter monitoring media presented at a monitored site to predict media exposure to occur at the monitored site during a future monitoring interval. Disclosed example methods also include obtaining reference signatures representative of reference media predicted to be presented at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval. Disclosed example methods further include providing the reference signatures to the meter prior to the future monitoring interval to cache at the meter to perform media monitoring during the future monitoring interval.
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18 Claims
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1. A method to monitor media, the method comprising:
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processing, by executing an instruction with a processor of a data processing facility, historical metering data provided to the data processing facility from a meter monitoring a media signal of a media device at a monitored site to predict media exposure to occur at the monitored site during a future monitoring interval, the data processing facility separate from the meter and in communication with the meter via a network; obtaining, by executing an instruction with the processor, reference signatures representative of reference media predicted to be presented at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval; and providing, by executing an instruction with the processor, the reference signatures from the data processing facility to the meter via the network prior to the future monitoring interval to cache at the meter to perform media monitoring at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor of a data processing facility to at least:
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process historical metering data provided to the data processing facility from a meter that is to monitor a media signal of a media device at a monitored site to predict media exposure that is to occur at the monitored site during a future monitoring interval, the data processing facility separate from the meter; obtain reference signatures representative of reference media predicted to be presented at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval; and provide the reference signatures from the data processing facility to the meter via a network prior to the future monitoring interval to cache at the meter to perform media monitoring at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus to monitor media, the apparatus comprising:
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a media exposure predictor to process historical metering data provided to the apparatus from a meter that is to monitor a media signal of a media device at a monitored site to predict media exposure that is to occur at the monitored site during a future monitoring interval, the apparatus separate from the meter; a reference signature packager to obtain reference signatures representative of reference media predicted to be presented at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval; and a meter manager to provide the reference signatures from the apparatus to the meter via a network prior to the future monitoring interval to cache at the meter to perform media monitoring at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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