Methods and apparatus to monitor WI-FI media streaming using an alternate access point

    公开(公告)号:US11968553B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US18325309

    申请日:2023-05-30

    IPC分类号: H04W24/08 H04W84/12

    CPC分类号: H04W24/08 H04W84/12

    摘要: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor wireless traffic. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: establish, via a first wireless interface, a wireless connection with first network credentials to match second network credentials of a primary access point; monitor traffic via a second wireless interface, the second wireless interface different than the first wireless interface; identify, via the traffic monitored via the second wireless interface, a connection of a client to the primary access point; capture, via an alternate access point, a management frame transmitted from the primary access point to the client; insert a change channel announcement into the captured management frame; and re-transmit, via the first wireless interface, the captured management frame including the change channel announcement.

    Methods and apparatus for wireless communication with an audience measurement device

    公开(公告)号:US11704695B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17397769

    申请日:2021-08-09

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/0255 G06Q30/0201

    摘要: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for communication with an audience metering device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more non-transitory computer readable media, instructions in the apparatus, and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The example one or more processors are to segment a message to be transmitted to a configuration device into a first message segment and a second message segment, store the first message segment in a characteristic memory, and transmit a first advertisement to the configuration device when the first message segment is stored in the characteristic memory. Additionally, the example one or more processors are to after the first message segment has been gathered by the configuration device, store the second message segment in the characteristic memory and transmit a second advertisement to the configuration device when the second message segment is stored in the characteristic memory.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDIRECT INTERNET CLIENTS FOR MEDIA MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20230139274A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US18149011

    申请日:2022-12-30

    IPC分类号: H04W40/34 H04W76/15 H04L67/50

    摘要: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to redirect internet clients for media monitoring. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to detect connections between client devices and a first WI-FI connection point, the client devices connected to the first WI-FI connection point via a second WI-FI connection point, when a first number of the connections is less than a second number of possible connections to the first WI-FI connection point, generate an additional connection to the first WI-FI connection point, the additional connection corresponding to at least one of the client devices, and route the client devices to the first WI-FI connection point via the first number of connections and the additional connection.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE VIRTUAL WIFI DATA RATE

    公开(公告)号:US20210345167A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US16864101

    申请日:2020-04-30

    摘要: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine virtual WiFi data rate. An example disclosed herein includes a control frame receiver to capture control frames from a user device. The example disclosed herein further includes a bitrate calculator to calculate a bitrate for each control frame by dividing a bitmap of a control frame by an amount of time between the control frame and a previously captured control frame. The example disclosed herein further includes an interval timer to control a length of time that the control frames are captured before calculating the virtual bandwidth. The example disclosed herein further includes a virtual bandwidth calculator to calculate the virtual bandwidth after the length of time, the virtual bandwidth calculated by dividing an average bitrate from the control frames by the length of time.

    Resolving media source detection and simulcast monitoring ambiguities with motion sensor data

    公开(公告)号:US10541766B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US15919164

    申请日:2018-03-12

    摘要: Example methods disclosed herein to resolve media source detection ambiguities include detecting an ambiguity condition associated with media source detection when monitoring media presented by a media output device in communication with at least two media source devices, and in response to detecting the ambiguity condition, determining a source of the media output from the media output device using motion data reported by accelerometers affixed to remote control devices associated with the at least two media source devices. Example methods disclosed herein to resolve simulcast crediting ambiguities include detecting an ambiguity condition associated with simulcast broadcasting when monitoring media presented by a media output device, and in response to detecting the ambiguity condition, adjusting a time associated with a channel change using motion data reported by an accelerometer affixed to a remote control device associated with the media output device.

    FREQUENCY BAND SELECTION AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR MEDIA SOURCE DETECTION
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    FREQUENCY BAND SELECTION AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR MEDIA SOURCE DETECTION 有权
    用于媒体源检测的频率选择和处理技术

    公开(公告)号:US20160021421A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-21

    申请号:US14332005

    申请日:2014-07-15

    摘要: Example disclosed media source detection methods include determining first trending coefficients for a first audio signal obtained from a first media source in communication with a media device, wherein the first trending coefficients correspond to a set of frequency bands. Example disclosed media source detection methods also include determining second trending coefficients for a second audio signal obtained from monitoring media presented by the media device, wherein the second trending coefficients correspond to the set of frequency bands. Example disclosed media source detection methods further include selecting a subset of the frequency bands for which the first trending coefficients and the second trending coefficients have matching directions, and processing respective frequency band values of the first audio signal and respective frequency band values of the second audio signal for the subset of the frequency bands to determine whether the first media source provided the media presented by the media device.

    摘要翻译: 示例性的媒体源检测方法包括确定从与媒体设备通信的第一媒体源获得的第一音频信号的第一趋势系数,其中第一趋势系数对应于一组频带。 所公开的媒体源检测方法还包括确定从由媒体设备呈现的监视媒体获得的第二音频信号的第二趋势系数,其中第二趋势系数对应于该组频带。 公开的媒体源检测方法还包括选择第一趋势系数和第二趋势系数具有匹配方向的频带的子集,以及处理第一音频信号和第二音频的相应频带值的各个频带值 信号,以确定第一媒体源是否提供由媒体设备呈现的媒体。

    Methods and apparatus for wireless communication with an audience measurement device

    公开(公告)号:US11798030B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US18331442

    申请日:2023-06-08

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/0255 G06Q30/0201

    摘要: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for communication with an audience metering device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more non-transitory computer readable media, instructions in the apparatus, and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The example one or more processors are to segment a message to be transmitted to a configuration device into a first message segment and a second message segment, store the first message segment in a characteristic memory, and transmit a first advertisement to the configuration device when the first message segment is stored in the characteristic memory. Additionally, the example one or more processors are to after the first message segment has been gathered by the configuration device, store the second message segment in the characteristic memory and transmit a second advertisement to the configuration device when the second message segment is stored in the characteristic memory.