Monitoring streaming media content
First Claim
1. An apparatus to monitor streaming media, the apparatus comprising:
- a combiner to combine first metering data extracted from first media included in a transport stream being sent to a media device with second metering data obtained independently of the first media to form combined metering data, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media device;
a transcoder to transcode the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the media device; and
an encoder to encode the transcoded metering data as metadata associated with the transport stream.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor streaming media are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include combining first metering data extracted from first media included in a transport stream being sent to a media device with second metering data obtained independently of the first media to form combined metering data, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media device. Disclosed example methods also include transcoding the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the media device. Disclosed example methods further include encoding the transcoded metering data as metadata associated with the transport stream.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus to monitor streaming media, the apparatus comprising:
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a combiner to combine first metering data extracted from first media included in a transport stream being sent to a media device with second metering data obtained independently of the first media to form combined metering data, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media device; a transcoder to transcode the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the media device; and an encoder to encode the transcoded metering data as metadata associated with the transport stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method to monitor streaming media, the method comprising:
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combining, by executing an instruction with a processor, first metering data extracted from first media included in a transport stream being sent to a media device with second metering data obtained independently of the first media to form combined metering data, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media device; transcoding, by executing an instruction with the processor, the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the media device; and encoding the transcoded metering data as metadata associated with the transport stream. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to at least:
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combine first metering data extracted from first media included in a transport stream being sent to a media device with second metering data obtained independently of the first media to form combined metering data, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media device; transcode the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the media device; and encode the transcoded metering data as metadata associated with the transport stream. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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