Resolving media source detection and simulcast monitoring ambiguities with motion sensor data

An apparatus to perform media source detection, the apparatus comprising:

• memory including computer readable instructions;
• and
• a processor to execute the instructions to at least:
• determine that an output media signal from a monitored media device corresponds to (i) a first media signal from a first source device in communication with the monitored media device, and (ii) a second media signal from a second source device in communication with the monitored media device;
• access motion data reported by one or more of a plurality of accelerometers including a first accelerometer associated with a first remote control device and a second accelerometer associated with a second remote control device, the first remote control device associated with the first source device, the second remote control device associated with the second source device;
• and
• identify, based on the motion data, one of the first source device or the second source device to be a source of the output media signal from the monitored media device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

• determine that an output media signal from a monitored media device corresponds to (i) a first media signal from a first source device in communication with the monitored media device, and (ii) a second media signal from a second source device in communication with the monitored media device;
• access motion data reported by one or more of a plurality of accelerometers including a first accelerometer associated with a first remote control device and a second accelerometer associated with a second remote control device, the first remote control device associated with the first source device, the second remote control device associated with the second source device;
• and
• identify, based on the motion data, one of the first source device or the second source device to be a source of the output media signal from the monitored media device.

A method to perform media source detection, the method comprising:

• determining that an output media signal from a monitored media device corresponds to (i) a first media signal from a first source device in communication with the monitored media device, and (ii) a second media signal from a second source device in communication with the monitored media device;
• accessing motion data reported by one or more of a plurality of accelerometers including a first accelerometer associated with a first remote control device and a second accelerometer associated with a second remote control device, the first remote control device associated with the first source device, the second remote control device associated with the second source device;
• and
• identifying, based on the motion data and by executing an instruction with a processor, one of the first source device or the second source device to be a source of the output media signal from the monitored media device.