Patent ID: 11924510
Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
receive viewing data associated with a household, wherein a first portion of the viewing data is indicative of video programming associated with a first video device and a second portion of the viewing data is indicative of video programming associated with a second video device;
determine one or more characteristics associated with the first portion of the viewing data and the second portion of the viewing data;
compare the video programming associated with the first video device and the video programming associated with the second video device; and
determine, based on the one or more characteristics and the comparing, that the first portion of the viewing data is duplicative, at least in part, with the second portion of the viewing data.