Methods and apparatus to verify and/or correct media lineup information
AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorF. Gavin McMillan
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to verify and/or correct media lineup information are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, by executing an instruction with a processor, a script received from an audience measurement entity. The method further includes executing, with the processor, the script to tune a set top box to respective ones of a plurality of channels. The method further includes collecting, by executing an instruction with the processor, media identification data associated with the respective ones of the channels. The method further includes transmitting media presentation data to the audience measurement entity, the media presentation data mapping the media identification data to the respective ones of the channels.
Claims20
An apparatus to build a channel lineup, the apparatus comprising:
- a script interpreter to:
- access a script received from an audience measurement entity, the script including commands to control a set top box to access a plurality of channels;
- and
- execute the script to cause a device to transmit the commands to the set top box to instruct the set top box to access a first channel of the plurality of channels;
- a sensor interface to sense a media signal associated with the first channel of the plurality of channels;
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- a media presentation report generator to transmit media presentation data mapping the first channel of the plurality of channels to at least one of a watermark extracted from the media signal or a signature generated from the media signal, the media presentation report generator to transmit the media presentation data to the audience measurement entity to correct a channel map based on the mapping.
A method to build a channel lineup, the method comprising:
- accessing, by executing an instruction with a processor, a script received from an audience measurement entity, the script including commands to control a set top box to access a plurality of channels;
- executing, by executing an instruction with the processor, the script to cause a device to transmit the commands to the set top box to instruct the set top box to access a first channel of the plurality of channels;
- sensing, by executing an instruction with the processor, a media signal associated with the first channel of the plurality of channels;
- and
- transmitting media presentation data to the audience measurement entity to correct a channel map based on the mapping, the media presentation data mapping the first channel of the plurality of channels to at least one of a watermark extracted from the media signal or a signature generated from the media signal.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
- access a script received from an audience measurement entity, the script including commands to control a set top box to access a plurality of channels;
- execute script to cause a device to transmit the commands to the set top box to instruct the set top box to access a first channel of the plurality of channels;
- sense a media signal associated with the first channel of the plurality of channels;
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- transmit media presentation data to the audience measurement entity to correct a channel map based on the mapping, the media presentation data mapping the first channel of the plurality of channels to at least one of a watermark extracted from the media signal or a signature generated from the media signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.