Methods and apparatus to identify media
Methods and apparatus for identifying media are described. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: determine application identification information for a media presentation application executing on a media device; determine a first watermark for the application identification information from a lookup table; request media identification information for media from the media presentation application; determine a second watermark for the media identification information from the lookup table; insert the first watermark in the media prior to output of the media by the media device; and insert the second watermark in the media prior to the output of the media by the media device.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause performance of operations comprising:
determining application identification information based on a query to an API of a gaming platform application presenting on a video game console having an operating system, the gaming platform application associated with an entity different from a manufacturer of the video game console, wherein the application identification information includes an application identifier;
determining a first watermark for the application identification information corresponding to the application identifier, the first watermark associated with the gaming platform application;
determining that media for presentation on the video game console is not known to an operating system of the video game console;
requesting, from the API of the gaming platform application, media identification information for the media for presentation on the video game console, wherein the media identification information corresponds to an embedded identifier that was embedded in the media for presentation on the video game console;
determining a second watermark for the media identification information corresponding to the embedded identifier; and
interleaving the first watermark and the second watermark in the media prior to output of the media by the video game console, wherein the operations further comprising:
determining to insert the second watermark in the media more frequently than the first watermark associated with gaming platform application;
inserting the first watermark associated with gaming platform application in the media prior to output of the media by the video game console; and
inserting the second watermark more frequently than the first watermark associated with gaming platform application in the media prior to the output of the media by the video game console.
2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first watermark is a final distributor watermark and the second watermark is a program content watermark.
3. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein a time in content field of the second watermark indicates the media identification information.
4. The apparatus as defined in claim 3 , wherein a source identifier field of the second watermark indicates a platform of the media.
5. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein a time in content field of the first watermark indicates the application identification information.
6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5 , wherein the first watermark is inserted in the media substantially immediately after the second watermark.
7. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprising inserting copies of the second watermark and copies of the first watermark.
8. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first watermark and the second watermark is inserted in audio of the media.
9. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprising:
detecting authorization for monitoring at the media device; and
issuing a rebate in response to detecting the authorization.
10. A video game console device comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause performance of operations comprising:
detecting that a media presentation application is to cause the presentation of media, the media presentation application is to direct the media to a media rendering engine for rendering and presentation;
in response to detecting that the media presentation application is to cause the presentation of the media:
determining application identification information based on a query to an API of a gaming platform application presenting on the video game console device having an operating system, the gaming platform application associated with an entity different from a manufacturer of the video game console, wherein the application identification information includes an application identifier;
determining a first watermark for the application identification information corresponding to the application identifier, the first watermark associated with the gaming platform application;
determining that media for output by the video game console device is not known to an operating system of the video game console device;
requesting, from the API of the gaming platform application, media identification information for the media to be output by the video game console device, wherein the media identification information corresponds to an embedded identifier that was embedded in the media for output by the video game console device;
determining a second watermark for the media identification information corresponding to the embedded identifier; and
interleaving the first watermark and the second watermark in the media prior to output of the media by the video game console device, wherein the operations further comprising:
determining to insert the second watermark in the media more frequently than the first watermark associated with gaming platform application;
inserting the first watermark associated with gaming platform application in the media prior to output of the media by the video game console device; and
inserting the second watermark more frequently than the first watermark associated with gaming platform application in the media prior to the output of the media by the video game console device.
11. The video game console device as defined in claim 10 , wherein the first watermark is a final distributor watermark and the second watermark is a program content watermark.
12. The video game console device as defined in claim 10 , wherein a time in content field of the second watermark indicates the media identification information.
13. The video game console device as defined in claim 12 , wherein a source identifier field of the second watermark indicates a platform of the media.
14. The video game console device as defined in claim 10 , wherein a time in content field of the first watermark indicates the application identification information.
15. The video game console device as defined in claim 14 , wherein the first watermark is inserted in the media substantially immediately after the second watermark.
16. The video game console device as defined in claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprising alternately inserting copies of the second watermark and copies of the first watermark.
17. The video game console device as defined in claim 10 , wherein at least one of the first watermark and the second watermark is inserted in audio of the media.
18. An apparatus comprising:
an identification generator to:
present, via a display, a graphical enable button that, when selected, is to enable monitoring functionality implemented by a video game console device, the monitoring functionality to monitor media presented by the video game console device, the monitoring functionality to be disabled by default, the monitoring functionality installed in the video game console device at a time of manufacture of the video game console device;
detect a first user input corresponding to selection of the graphical enable button; and
in response to detection of the first user input:
enable the monitoring functionality implemented by the video game console device, the monitoring functionality including a watermark generator and a lookup table;
transmit, via a network interface, information to a remote monitoring entity;
receive, from the remote monitoring entity, updated identification information for updating the lookup table;
a device interface to determine application identification information based on a query to an API of a gaming platform application presenting on the video game console device having an operating system, the gaming platform application associated with an entity different from a manufacturer of the video game console device, wherein the application identification information includes an application identifier;
an application interface to:
determine that media for presentation on the video game console is not known to an operating system of the video game console device; and
request, from the API of the gaming platform application, media identification information for the media for presentation on the video game console device, the media identification information corresponds to an embedded identifier that was embedded in the media for presentation on the video game console;
a data compiler to:
determine a first watermark corresponding to the application identifier from the lookup table, the first watermark associated with the gaming platform application; and
determine a second watermark corresponding to the embedded identifier from the lookup table; and
a watermark generator to:
determine to insert the second watermark in the media more frequently than the first watermark associated with the gaming platform application;
insert the first watermark associated with the gaming platform application and the second watermark into the media to be presented by the video game console device prior to an output of the media by the video game console device; and
insert the second watermark more frequently than the first watermark associated with gaming platform application in the media prior to the output of the media by the video game console device.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the identification generator is to present the graphical enable button in response to the video game console device being powered on.
20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the identification generator is further to:
present, via the display, a graphical disable button that, when selected, is to disable the monitoring functionality implemented by the video game console device;
detect a second user input corresponding to selection of the graphical disable button; and
disable the monitoring functionality implemented by the video game console device in response to detection of the second user input.
21. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the identification generator is to present the graphical enable button in response to access of a menu to be presented by the video game console device.
22. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the information includes demographic information, and the identification generator is further to present a form via the display in response to the detection of the first user input, the form to request the demographic information.
23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the information includes monitoring information generated by the monitoring functionality, and the identification generator is further to access an identifier received, via a network interface, from the remote monitoring entity, the identifier to identify the monitoring information to the remote monitoring entity.