ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,761, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Nielsen Co. (LLC) (New Yourk, N.Y.).

"Media streams with a wireless isochronous data link" was invented by Mark Cave (Palm Harbor, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure audience exposure to media streams with a wireless isochronous data link. In one example, an apparatus includes a datastore, a network interface circuitry, and processor circuitry. The network interface circuitry obtains a first copy of audio data from a first wireless data link, the audio data transmitted from an audio source device, wherein a s...