公开(公告)号：US20230396818A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18298018

申请日：2023-04-10

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Morris Lee

IPC: H04N21/234 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/439

CPC classification number: H04N21/23418 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  G06F2218/10 ,  G06F2218/14

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for identifying media content using temporal signal characteristics are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, computer readable instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to identify intervals in a media signal; generate interval sums for respective ones of the intervals, a first interval sum of the interval sums based on a sum of magnitudes of first peaks of the media signal that occur between zero crossings of a first interval of the intervals of the media signal; identify second peaks based on the interval sums; and generate a signature representative of the media signal based on the second peaks.

公开(公告)号：US20230232056A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18187988

申请日：2023-03-22

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： David H. Wright ,  Kamal Nasser ,  Jeff L. Herrmann ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Brian Scott Mello

IPC: H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04L67/50 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04H60/32 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04H60/51 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/50 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/44 ,  H04H60/40

CPC classification number: H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/42684 ,  H04N21/44224 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/44209 ,  H04N21/25841 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04N21/4424 ,  H04L67/535 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04H60/32 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04H60/51 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/50 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/44 ,  H04H60/40

Abstract: An example apparatus to monitor media that is presented via a mobile device includes: an application monitor to determine when media presentation software is being executed by the mobile device; and a metering information collector to collect at least one of a signature or a code of the media presented by the media presentation software based on the media presentation software being executed by the mobile device.

公开(公告)号：US11678013B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17838947

申请日：2022-06-13

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Morris Lee ,  Jeremey M. Davis

IPC: H04N21/40 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/65 ,  G10L19/018 ,  G10L25/51

CPC classification number: H04N21/44213 ,  G10L19/018 ,  G10L25/51 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04N21/42203 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/8106 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04H2201/90

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine a state of a media presentation device are disclosed. Example disclosed methods include generating a first set of weighted coefficients based on first audio received by first and second microphones at a first time. Example disclosed methods include generating a second set of weighted coefficients based on second audio received by the first and second microphones at a second time after the first time. Example disclosed methods include comparing the first set of coefficients and the second set of coefficients to generate a similarity value. Example disclosed methods include, when the similarity value satisfies a threshold, determining that the media presentation device is in a first state. Example disclosed methods include, when the similarity value does not satisfy the threshold, determining that the media presentation device is in a second state.

公开(公告)号：US11657079B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US16699037

申请日：2019-11-28

Applicant: Igal Raichelgauz ,  Karina Odinaev ,  Yehoshua Y. Zeevi

Inventor： Igal Raichelgauz ,  Karina Odinaev ,  Yehoshua Y. Zeevi

IPC: G06N5/02 ,  G06F16/28 ,  G06F16/41 ,  G06F16/432 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G06F16/783 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G06F16/40 ,  G06F16/43 ,  G06F16/438 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06T19/00 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H20/26 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F16/904 ,  G06F16/35 ,  G06F16/51 ,  G06N5/025 ,  G06F16/22 ,  G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/172 ,  G06F16/14 ,  G06F16/487 ,  G06Q30/0242 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04L67/306 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  H04H60/49 ,  H04H60/71 ,  G09B19/00 ,  G06F16/435 ,  G06N7/00 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06F40/134 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/58 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06F16/738 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06N3/063 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  H04L67/02 ,  G06V20/40 ,  G06V40/16 ,  H04L65/75 ,  H04L67/63 ,  H04L67/50 ,  G10L15/32

CPC classification number: G06F16/284 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F16/14 ,  G06F16/152 ,  G06F16/172 ,  G06F16/1748 ,  G06F16/2228 ,  G06F16/285 ,  G06F16/35 ,  G06F16/40 ,  G06F16/41 ,  G06F16/43 ,  G06F16/433 ,  G06F16/434 ,  G06F16/435 ,  G06F16/438 ,  G06F16/4393 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/487 ,  G06F16/51 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G06F16/685 ,  G06F16/739 ,  G06F16/783 ,  G06F16/7834 ,  G06F16/7844 ,  G06F16/7847 ,  G06F16/904 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/9558 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06F40/134 ,  G06N3/063 ,  G06N5/02 ,  G06N5/025 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06N7/005 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q30/0246 ,  G06Q30/0261 ,  G06T19/006 ,  G06V20/40 ,  G06V20/46 ,  G06V40/171 ,  G09B19/0092 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04H20/103 ,  H04H20/26 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/49 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04H60/71 ,  H04L65/75 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/535 ,  H04L67/63 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/8106 ,  G06V2201/10 ,  G10L15/32 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99948

Abstract: A method and system for identifying social trends are provided. The method includes collecting multimedia content from a plurality of data sources; gathering environmental variables related to the collected multimedia content; extracting visual elements from the collected multimedia content; generating at least one signature for each extracted visual element; generating at least one cluster of visual elements by clustering at least similar signatures generated for the extracted visual elements; correlating environmental variables related to visual elements in the at least one cluster; determining at least one social trend by associating the correlated environmental variables with the at least one cluster.

公开(公告)号：US20190014377A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US16055829

申请日：2018-08-06

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Christen V. Nielsen ,  David H. Wright ,  Charles C. Conklin ,  Daniel Nelson

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/254

CPC classification number: H04N21/44204 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods to identify and credit media using ratios of media characteristics are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to identify media includes a delta calculator to determine a first ratio based on a first time interval and a second time interval of a monitored media signal, and determine a second ratio based on the second time interval and a third time interval of the monitored media signal. The example apparatus also includes a signature generator to generate a monitored media ratio signature based on the first and second ratios. The example signature generator also is to initiate transmission of the monitored media ratio signature to a recipient that is to compare the monitored media ratio signature with a reference ratio signature to identify the media.

公开(公告)号：US20180310054A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：US16017218

申请日：2018-06-25

Applicant: Gracenote, Inc.

Inventor： Chung Won Seo ,  Youngmoo Kwon ,  Jaehyung Lee

IPC: H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/438

CPC classification number: H04N21/44008 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N21/23109 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/25841 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4756 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems involving location-based disambiguation of media channel identification, in a scenario where a fingerprint of media content being rendered by a media presentation device matches multiple reference fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different media channels. Upon detecting such a multi-match situation, a server or other entity will use a location of the media presentation device as a basis to disambiguate between the matching reference fingerprints and thus to determine the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving.

公开(公告)号：US10057408B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15681898

申请日：2017-08-21

Applicant: Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Ingemar J. Cox

IPC: H04N21/43 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L67/1095 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F16/285 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/40 ,  G06F16/43 ,  G06F16/433 ,  G06F16/434 ,  G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/51 ,  G06F16/532 ,  G06F16/5838 ,  G06F16/5866 ,  G06F16/73 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/9566 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0256 ,  G06Q30/0277 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q30/0625 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04L43/16 ,  H04L61/256 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/601 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/25841 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8586

Abstract: A method including the steps of: receiving, by a computer system including at least one computer, a first electronic media work uploaded from a first electronic device; extracting one or more features from the first electronic media work; linking the first electronic media work with a reference electronic media work identifier associated with a reference electronic media work to generate correlation information using an approximate nearest neighbor search; storing the correlation information; receiving, from a second electronic device, a query related to the first electronic media work; correlating the query with action information related to an action to be performed and associated with the reference electronic media work identifier based at least in part on the correlation information; generating machine-readable instructions based upon the action information; and providing to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions to be used in performing the action.

公开(公告)号：US20180227611A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15943479

申请日：2018-04-02

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： David H. Wright ,  Kamal Nasser ,  Jeff L. Herrmann ,  Arun Ramaswamy ,  Brian Scott Mello

IPC: H04N21/24 ,  H04H60/64

CPC classification number: H04N21/24 ,  H04H60/32 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/44 ,  H04H60/50 ,  H04H60/51 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/25841 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/42684 ,  H04N21/44209 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4424 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04W4/06

Abstract: An example apparatus to generate media metering information includes a display to present selectable options for a user to select one of a plurality of levels of anonymity to be used in association with generating the media metering information indicative of media content presentations; a processor to access an anonymity selection of one of the levels of anonymity, the levels of anonymity including no anonymity, partial anonymity, and total anonymity; and a metering information generator to generate the media metering information in association with the anonymity selection.

公开(公告)号：US20180123712A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15341855

申请日：2016-11-02

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan

IPC: H04H60/29 ,  H04N21/442

CPC classification number: H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44204

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining increasing robustness of media signatures are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a characteristic analyzer to analyze a media signal based on a signature algorithm to identify a comparison between a first characteristic and a second characteristic that does not satisfy a threshold; and a characteristic enhancer to adjust at least one of the first characteristic or the second characteristic to satisfy the threshold.

公开(公告)号：US09936234B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US15210409

申请日：2016-07-14

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (U.S.), LLC

Inventor： Paul M. Mears ,  Arun Ramaswamy

IPC: H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/6332 ,  H04N21/241 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/44 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/59

CPC classification number: H04N21/25808 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0203 ,  G06Q30/0245 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/44 ,  H04H60/56 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/241 ,  H04N21/252 ,  H04N21/25866 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44213 ,  H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/6332 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to adaptively gather audience information data are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus monitor system factor(s) and select one or more sensors from a plurality of sensors positioned to gather audience measurement data based on the monitored factor(s). Thus, the disclosed methods and apparatus adapt to the conditions they face by selecting an amount and/or type of audience measurement data they gather.