Patent ID: 11917270
Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method to monitor media, the method comprising:
generating a first database based on storage of a first data association of a first media identifier and a first timestamp to a second media identifier in the first database, the first media identifier and the first timestamp based on media obtained from a server, the first media identifier and the second media identifier to identify the media, the second media identifier from the server;
generating a second database based on storage of a second data association of a third media identifier and a second timestamp in the second database, the third media identifier and the second timestamp based on media monitoring information obtained from the server, the media monitoring information obtained from the server after an access of the media by a media device, the third media identifier to identify the media accessed by the media device; and
crediting access of the media to the media device based on a mapping of the third media identifier and the second timestamp from the second database to the first media identifier and the first timestamp in the first database, the mapping based on a determination that the third media identifier corresponds to the second media identifier.