Patent ID: 8296791
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A media measurement method comprising: using one or more computers to generating generate a play stream of content identification results corresponding to a sequence of submitted data samples, the submitted data samples corresponding to audio data samples captured at a monitoring device associated with a monitored audience member; and using one or more computers to utilize sample sequence data and content offset data to deduce play-altering actions of the monitored audience member, the sample sequence data corresponding to a sequence of the content identification results, the content offset data including content offsets associated with the content identification results, a content offset indicating a time position of a content identification result within identified content, wherein to utilize comprises, for a particular plurality of submitted data samples and corresponding content identification results, comparing a progression of log times associated with capture timing of each of the particular plurality of submitted data samples and a progression of content offsets of the corresponding content identification results.