Patent ID: 9380339
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method to reduce media measurement errors attributable to spillover detected by meters located in different monitored locations, comprising: determining, with a processor, if first media monitoring data provided by a first meter in a first location identifies a same media as second media monitoring data provided by a second meter in a second location; when the first and second media monitoring data identify the same media, determining, with the processor, whether spillover occurred based on a time difference between a first timestamp associated with the first media monitoring data and a second timestamp associated with the second media monitoring data; and based on an occurrence of the spillover, storing, with the processor, the first media monitoring data as credited media monitoring data for the first location and not storing the second media monitoring data as credited media monitoring data for the second location when the first timestamp is earlier than the second timestamp, the credited media monitoring data for the first location indicative of a media exposure to an audience at the first location.