Media Asset Qualification Using Streaming-Period Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing media monitoring systems face challenges in efficiently crediting media assets, particularly for non-linear media, due to the lack of consistent media identifiers and unpredictable tuning periods, leading to increased computational burden and difficulty in qualifying reference media assets.

Innovation Solution

A central facility maintains a media reference database for non-linear media, filters candidate assets based on streaming periods, and reduces computational burden by crediting media assets with identifiers, comparing them to reference assets, and ignoring those that do not overlap with streaming periods.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If media monitoring systems process all candidate media assets for qualification, then measurement precision is improved, but computational burden increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemedia asset qualification accuracyVSAvoidcomputational burden

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary crediting of media assets with identifiers before the qualification process. By pre-processing and tagging media assets with identification information, the system reduces the computational burden during the actual qualification phase while maintaining accurate identification and measurement capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts and processes only the specific subset of media assets that are candidates for qualification, rather than processing all media assets. This selective extraction approach reduces computational burden while maintaining measurement precision for the relevant assets.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system processes all media assets including non-linear media without identifiers, then adaptability is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemedia type coverageVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary crediting and identification of media assets before the qualification process. By pre-tagging media assets with identifiers and determining their crediting status, the system enables faster processing during qualification while maintaining the ability to handle diverse media types including non-linear media.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments the media asset processing into distinct phases: crediting phase (where media assets are tagged with identifiers and classified as linear or non-linear) and qualification phase (where only uncredited assets are processed). This segmentation allows the system to handle diverse media types efficiently by preparing them in advance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If the system qualifies and stores all media assets in the reference database, then measurement precision is improved, but bandwidth consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereference database completenessVSAvoidbandwidth consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and processes only the specific subset of media assets that are candidates for qualification and meet the qualification criteria. By selectively storing only qualified media assets in the reference database, the system maintains measurement precision for relevant assets while reducing bandwidth consumption associated with transferring and storing all media assets.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary filtering and qualification determination before storing media assets in the reference database. By pre-assessing which media assets qualify for storage based on their crediting status and identification, the system reduces unnecessary data transfer and storage operations, thereby reducing bandwidth consumption while maintaining database completeness for qualified assets.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12457373B2Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify candidates for media asset qualification

Publication Date: 2025.10.28 THE NIELSEN CO (US) LLC

AI summary

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify candidates for media asset qualification. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a media creditor to determine whether to credit a first media asset to linear media or non-linear media, the non-linear media including subscription video on demand (SVOD). Disclosed example apparatus also include a media asset candidate controller to: classify the first media asset as a non-candidate for media asset qualification in response to the first media asset being credited to the linear media or the non-linear media. In some examples, the media asset candidate controller is to determine whether to classify the first media asset as a candidate for media asset qualification based on whether the first media asset remains uncredited by the media creditor and the first media asset overlaps a streaming period.