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EP2756683A4 - METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR EVALUATING AUDIENCE OF CONTINUOUSLY BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA - Google Patents

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR EVALUATING AUDIENCE OF CONTINUOUSLY BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA

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Publication number
EP2756683A4
EP2756683A4 EP12802202.7A EP12802202A EP2756683A4 EP 2756683 A4 EP2756683 A4 EP 2756683A4 EP 12802202 A EP12802202 A EP 12802202A EP 2756683 A4 EP2756683 A4 EP 2756683A4
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Prior art keywords
apparatuses
methods
broadcast multimedia
continuously broadcast
audience
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2756683A2 (en
Inventor
Jan Besehanic
Arun Ramaswamy
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Nielsen Co US LLC
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Nielsen Co US LLC
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Priority claimed from US13/341,661 external-priority patent/US9515904B2/en
Priority claimed from US13/443,596 external-priority patent/US20130268630A1/en
Application filed by Nielsen Co US LLC filed Critical Nielsen Co US LLC
Publication of EP2756683A2 publication Critical patent/EP2756683A2/en
Publication of EP2756683A4 publication Critical patent/EP2756683A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • H04N21/236—Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/23614—Multiplexing of additional data and video streams
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    • H04H60/29—Arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services
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    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/234—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
    • H04N21/2343—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
    • H04N21/234363—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for clients with a lower screen resolution
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    • H04N21/234—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
    • H04N21/2343—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
    • H04N21/23439—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements for generating different versions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44204—Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched
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    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/83—Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring
    • H04N21/84—Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
    • H04N21/643—Communication protocols
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    • H04N21/835—Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
  • Testing, Inspecting, Measuring Of Stereoscopic Televisions And Televisions (AREA)
EP12802202.7A 2011-06-21 2012-06-21 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR EVALUATING AUDIENCE OF CONTINUOUSLY BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA Withdrawn EP2756683A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201161499520P 2011-06-21 2011-06-21
US201161568631P 2011-12-08 2011-12-08
US13/341,661 US9515904B2 (en) 2011-06-21 2011-12-30 Monitoring streaming media content
US13/341,646 US9210208B2 (en) 2011-06-21 2011-12-30 Monitoring streaming media content
US13/443,596 US20130268630A1 (en) 2012-04-10 2012-04-10 Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media
PCT/US2012/043539 WO2012177870A2 (en) 2011-06-21 2012-06-21 Methods and apparatus to measure exposure to streaming media

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EP2756683A2 EP2756683A2 (en) 2014-07-23
EP2756683A4 true EP2756683A4 (en) 2015-06-24

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