Media monitoring based on predictive signature caching
AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorGavin McMillan
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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.
Claims18
A method to monitor media, the method comprising:
- processing, via a processor, 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;
- obtaining reference signatures representative of reference media predicted to be presented at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval;
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- 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.
A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
- process historical metering data provided by a meter monitoring media presented at a monitored site to predict media exposure that is to occur at the monitored site during a future monitoring interval;
- obtain reference signatures representative of reference media predicted to be presented at the monitored site during the future monitoring interval;
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- provide 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.
An apparatus to monitor media, the apparatus comprising:
- a media exposure predictor to process historical metering data provided by a meter monitoring media presented at a monitored site to predict media exposure that is to occur at the monitored site during a future monitoring interval;
- 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;
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- a meter manager to provide 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.