Patent ID: 8677393
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to verify presentation of media content, comprising: storing, at a media device located in a household, a plurality of instances of media content to be inserted into a content stream by the media device; storing, at the media device, a data structure including a plurality of index identifiers each assigned to one of the instances of media content to be inserted into the content stream, wherein a first content identifier corresponding to a first instance of the insertable media content is obtained at the media device prior to the media device outputting the first instance of insertable media content to a presentation device for time-shifted playback; detecting presentation of the content stream by the media device after the insertable media content is stored by the media device; extracting a second content identifier from the presentation of the content stream; comparing the second content identifier to the first content identifier; and when the second content identifier matches the first content identifier, identifying a first one of the index identifiers of the data structure assigned to the first instance of the insertable media content and conveying the first index identifier to a data collection facility as verification that the first instance of the insertable media content was presented by the media device.