Determining set-top box tuning events

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PATENT NO 9204188
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13174632

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A method, performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors, includes receiving respective first set-top box (STB) information from a first plurality of STBs. The first STB information received from a respective STB in the first plurality of STBs includes tuning information for the respective STB in the first plurality of STBs, and power status information for a respective display device coupled to the respective STB in the first plurality of STBs. The method also includes filtering the power status information, and determining a viewership metric for the first plurality of STBs based on the tuning information and the filtered power status information in the first STB information.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mirisola, Raimundo London, GB 23 195
Rowe, Simon Michael Finchampstead, GB 74 1774
Volodine, Tim London, GB 2 18
Zigmond, Daniel J Menlo Park, US 73 7212

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