Patent ID: 9210208
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to monitor streaming media, the method comprising: extracting, using a processor, metering data having a first format from media to be provided to a media presentation device via a transport stream, the extracted metering data identifying at least one of the media or a source of the media, the extracted metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media presentation device; transcoding the extracted metering data, using the processor, to form transcoded metering data having a second format decodable by the meter associated with the media presentation device; and encoding the transcoded metering data, using the processor, into an external metadata channel including a file to be sent to the media presentation device separately from and prior to communication of the transport stream to the media presentation device to provide the transcoded metering data to the media presentation device, the external metadata channel being associated with the transport stream.