Patent ID: 11949944
Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
in response to determining a media device is powered on, monitor the media device to detect audio output at an audio sensor by the media device, wherein detecting the audio output at the audio sensor comprises:
detecting, at the audio sensor, audio signals from the media device; and
causing the audio sensor to record the audio signals;
in response to audio not being detected for a period of time, instruct an image capture device to capture image data representative of a media presentation by the media device;
instruct the image capture device to stop capturing the image data in response to detection of audio output by the media device; and
determine, based on whether the image data corresponds to a menu presentation by the media device, whether to transmit the image data from the meter device to a central facility for media identification.