Patent ID: 9635404
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: instructing, via a first computing device of a monitoring entity, a media provider to associate a tag with media, the tag to cause a requesting device accessing the media to send a message to the monitoring entity when the media is accessed by the requesting device, the message to identify a geographic location of the requesting device and media identifying information, wherein the message does not include a registered panelist identifier; accessing the message with a second computing device of the monitoring entity; determining, with the second computing device of the monitoring entity, locations of a plurality of panelist homes; comparing, with the second computing device of the monitoring entity, the geographic location of the requesting device with the locations of the plurality of panelist homes, the plurality of panelist homes having Flail reference areas associated therewith; and when the geographic location of the requesting device is within a reference area of a first one of the plurality of panelist homes: