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Granted Patent B2
US 12695946 · App. 18/435,045 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Methods and apparatus to measure audience composition and recruit audience measurement panelists

Inventors: Daniel Nelson (Tampa, FL); Madhusudhan Reddy Alla (Allen, TX)
Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
H04N21/44213G06K7/1095G06K19/06037G06Q30/0201H04N21/237H04N21/25883H04N21/4126H04N21/4223H04N21/435H04N21/4756H04N21/6582H04N21/8586
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Patent No.
US 12695946
App. No.
18/435,045
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to measure audience composition and recruit audience measurement panelists are disclosed. An example media device disclosed herein includes processor circuitry to execute instructions to: detect a first code embedded in a video stream of media presented by the media device, the first code to reference first audience measurement data to identify the media; after detection of the first code, provide a prompt to request input of second audience measurement data; and cause transmission of at least one of the first audience measurement data or the second audience measurement data to a remote data processing facility.

Claims (29)

1 . A media device comprising a processor and a memory, the media device configured to perform a set of acts comprising:

decoding a first code embedded in a video stream of media being presented by the media device, wherein the first code references first audience measurement data for identifying the media;

based on decoding the first code, providing for display a second code, wherein the second code is scannable by a portable device to determine information for accessing a website to provide additional audience measurement data; and

based on decoding the first code, transmitting a report to a server, wherein the report includes the first code or the first audience measurement data referenced by the first code.

2 . The media device of claim 1 , wherein the additional audience measurement data comprises a count of people exposed to the media.

3 . The media device of claim 1 , wherein the additional audience measurement data comprises demographic information for an audience member exposed to the media.

4 . The media device of claim 1 , wherein the website facilitates enrollment of an audience member in an audience measurement panel.

5 . The media device of claim 1 , wherein the first code is embedded in a video frame of the video stream.

6 . The media device of claim 1 , wherein the first code is a barcode.

7 . The media device of claim 1 , wherein the first audience measurement data comprises a source of the media.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions that when executed by a media device cause the media device to perform a set of acts comprising:

decoding a first code embedded in a video stream of media being presented by the media device, wherein the first code references first audience measurement data for identifying the media;

based on decoding the first code, providing for display a second code, wherein the second code is scannable by a portable device to determine information for accessing a website to provide additional audience measurement data; and

based on decoding the first code, transmitting a report to a server, wherein the report includes the first code or the first audience measurement data referenced by the first code.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the additional audience measurement data comprises a count of people exposed to the media.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the additional audience measurement data comprises demographic information for an audience member exposed to the media.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the website facilitates enrollment of an audience member in an audience measurement panel.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first code is embedded in a video frame of the video stream.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first code is a barcode.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first audience measurement data comprises a source of the media.

15 . A method comprising:

decoding, by a media device, a first code embedded in a video stream of media being presented by the media device, wherein the first code references first audience measurement data for identifying the media;

based on decoding the first code, providing, by the media device, for display a second code, wherein the second code is scannable by a portable device to determine information for accessing a website to provide additional audience measurement data; and

based on decoding the first code, transmitting, by the media device, a report to a server, wherein the report includes the first code or the first audience measurement data referenced by the first code.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the additional audience measurement data comprises a count of people exposed to the media.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the additional audience measurement data comprises demographic information for an audience member exposed to the media.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the website facilitates enrollment of an audience member in an audience measurement panel.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the first code is embedded in a video frame of the video stream.

20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the first code is a barcode.