公开(公告)号：US09064270B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-23

申请号：US14144189

申请日：2013-12-30

申请人： The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

发明人： James Milton Rathburn ,  Laurence Blair Miller ,  Thomas J. Whymark ,  Huaiyeu Huey Yu ,  Hui-Tung Yang ,  Stephen Shindle ,  Jonathan Chazen ,  Joseph Kaminski

IPC分类号： H04H20/14 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  H04H60/37

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0246 ,  G06Q10/0637 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0242 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/375 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/812

摘要： Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing received advertisement detection information associated with the advertisement, the advertisement detection information detected from a presentation of the advertisement; identifying a buy order corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement based on the advertisement detection information; determining a purchased ratings value from the buy order; comparing the purchased ratings value of the buy order to received ratings information corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement to determine whether the advertisement was presented as indicated in the buy order; and generating a performance monitoring report using the buy order and the advertisement detection information to indicate whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.

摘要翻译： 公开了监测，验证和评估广告播放效果的方法和设备。 一种示例性方法，包括分析与广告相关联的接收到的广告检测信息，从广告的呈现中检测到的广告检测信息; 基于所述广告检测信息来识别与所述广告的呈现相对应的购买订单; 从购买订单确定购买的评级值; 将购买订单的购买评级值与接收到的广告呈现相对应的收视率信息进行比较，以确定广告是否按照买卖单指示呈现; 以及使用所述购买订单和所述广告检测信息来生成性能监视报告，以指示所述评级信息是否小于所购买的评级值。

公开(公告)号：US08989885B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-24

申请号：US13584894

申请日：2012-08-14

申请人： Stefan Wabnik ,  Jörg Pickel ,  Bert Greevenbosch ,  Bernhard Grill ,  Ernst Eberlein ,  Giovanni Del Galdo ,  Stefan Krägeloh ,  Reinhard Zitzmann ,  Tobias Bliem ,  Marco Breiling ,  Juliane Borsum

发明人： Stefan Wabnik ,  Jörg Pickel ,  Bert Greevenbosch ,  Bernhard Grill ,  Ernst Eberlein ,  Giovanni Del Galdo ,  Stefan Krägeloh ,  Reinhard Zitzmann ,  Tobias Bliem ,  Marco Breiling ,  Juliane Borsum

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  H04K1/02 ,  H04K1/00 ,  H04R29/00 ,  G10L19/018 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/29

CPC分类号： G10L19/018 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/29

摘要： A watermark generator for providing a watermark signal in dependence on binary message data includes an information processor configured to provide, in dependence on a single message bit of the binary message data, a 2-dimensional spread information representing the message bit in the form of a set of time-frequency-domain values. The watermark generator also includes a watermark signal provider configured to provide the watermark signal on the basis of the 2-dimensional spread information.A watermark detector, methods and computer programs are also described.

摘要翻译： 用于根据二进制消息数据提供水印信号的水印生成器包括：信息处理器，被配置为根据二进制消息数据的单个消息位提供表示以下形式的消息位的二维扩展信息： 一组时频域值。 水印生成器还包括被配置为基于二维扩展信息提供水印信号的水印信号提供器。 还描述了水印检测器，方法和计算机程序。

公开(公告)号：US20140380393A1

公开(公告)日：2014-12-25

申请号：US14481747

申请日：2014-09-09

申请人： StratosAudio, Inc.

发明人： Kelly M. Christensen ,  John Phillip Hansen ,  Thomas Daniel Mock

IPC分类号： H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/434

CPC分类号： H04N21/2665 ,  A63F2300/8023 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H20/22 ,  H04H20/24 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/26603 ,  H04N21/278 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/4343 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/8113 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： The various embodiments disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and devices for capturing broadcast streams, analyzing the broadcast streams to obtain information about the media content transmitted in the broadcast streams, obtaining additional information about the media content if available, and assigning a unique event identifier specific to the instance of broadcast of the broadcast stream and/or media segment transmitted in the broadcast stream. In other embodiments, the unique event identifier is broadcasted to broadcast receiving devices. With the unique event identifier, broadcast receiving devices can access the obtained information associated with the media content.

摘要翻译： 本文公开的各种实施例提供了用于捕获广播流的方法，系统和设备，分析广播流以获得关于在广播流中传输的媒体内容的信息，获得有关媒体内容的附加信息（如果可用）以及分配唯一事件标识符 特定于在广播流中发送的广播流和/或媒体片段的广播的实例。 在其他实施例中，唯一事件标识符被广播到广播接收设备。 利用唯一的事件标识符，广播接收设备可以访问与媒体内容相关联的获得的信息。

公开(公告)号：US08893177B1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-18

申请号：US08447621

申请日：1995-05-23

申请人： John Christopher Harvey ,  James William Ciddihy

发明人： John Christopher Harvey ,  James William Ciddihy

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N21/236 ,  G01R1/071 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H40/18 ,  H04H60/13 ,  H04H60/21 ,  H04H60/23 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/41 ,  H04H60/94 ,  H04H2201/70 ,  H04K1/00 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/46 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/084 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/24 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2351 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/4117 ,  H04N21/4131 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/41415 ,  H04N21/42684 ,  H04N21/4307 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/4353 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/4382 ,  H04N21/4385 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44227 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/4888 ,  H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/633 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8355

摘要： A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. Processors (71, 200) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming.

公开(公告)号：US08826319B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-02

申请号：US13206494

申请日：2011-08-09

申请人： Rajendra Kumar Khare

发明人： Rajendra Kumar Khare

IPC分类号： H04N7/10

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0242 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/375 ,  H04N21/23 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/64761

摘要： A system and method for tracking of advertisements. The system includes a user interface for accessing information associated with commercial breaks and advertisements. The system also includes one or more edge devices for recording advertisements aired during commercial breaks on a television or radio channel. Further, the system includes a media server. The media server includes a memory, and a processor for storing recorded advertisements along with a stamp of region, channel, program and time of insertion associated with the advertisements in a repository of a media server, and providing access to the recorded advertisements for the advertisers. The method includes recording advertisements aired during commercial breaks on the television or the radio channel, storing recorded advertisements along with a stamp of region, channel, program and time of insertion associated with the advertisements in a repository of a media server, and providing access to the recorded advertisements for the advertisers.

摘要翻译： 用于跟踪广告的系统和方法。 该系统包括用于访问与商业休息和广告相关联的信息的用户界面。 该系统还包括一个或多个边缘设备，用于在电视或无线电频道上的商业中断期间播放广播。 此外，该系统包括媒体服务器。 媒体服务器包括存储器和处理器，用于在媒体服务器的存储库中存储记录的广告以及与广告相关联的区域，频道，节目和插入时间的印记，以及提供对广告商的记录广告的访问 。 该方法包括在电视或无线电频道上播放广告期间播出的广告，在媒体服务器的存储库中存储记录的广告以及与广告相关联的区域，频道，节目和插入时间的印记，以及 为广告客户录制的广告。

公开(公告)号：US08806517B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-12

申请号：US12777204

申请日：2010-05-10

申请人： Rade Petrovic ,  Babak Tehranchi ,  Kanaan Jemili ,  Joseph M. Winograd ,  Dean-Anthony Angelico

发明人： Rade Petrovic ,  Babak Tehranchi ,  Kanaan Jemili ,  Joseph M. Winograd ,  Dean-Anthony Angelico

IPC分类号： H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/32 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/29 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N7/17318 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8358

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for monitoring transmissions of media content (such as audio and audiovisual content) in order to obtain independent and objective data regarding the use of specific media content recordings or works within the transmissions. Processing and reporting of such data is provided in various ways to serve a variety of business needs. Methods for employing content identification technology to efficiently and automatically obtain reliable, accurate, and precise monitoring data are also disclosed. Various information products and services based on such monitoring systems are proposed.

摘要翻译： 提供系统和方法用于监视媒体内容（例如音频和视听内容）的传输，以便获得关于在传输内使用特定媒体内容记录或作品的独立和客观的数据。 以各种方式提供此类数据的处理和报告，以满足各种业务需求。 还公开了使用内容识别技术来有效和自动地获得可靠，准确和精确的监视数据的方法。 提出了基于这种监控系统的各种信息产品和服务。

公开(公告)号：US08711885B1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US08459507

申请日：1995-06-02

申请人： John Christopher Harvey ,  James William Cuddihy

发明人： John Christopher Harvey ,  James William Cuddihy

IPC分类号： H04J3/06

CPC分类号： H04N21/236 ,  G01R1/071 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H40/18 ,  H04H60/13 ,  H04H60/21 ,  H04H60/23 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/41 ,  H04H60/94 ,  H04H2201/70 ,  H04K1/00 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/46 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/084 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/24 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2351 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/2541 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/4117 ,  H04N21/4131 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/41415 ,  H04N21/42684 ,  H04N21/4307 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/4353 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/4382 ,  H04N21/4385 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/44227 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/4888 ,  H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/633 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8355

摘要： A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local-computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. Processors (71, 200) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming.

摘要翻译： 统一的编程通信系统。 该系统包括现有技术（电视，广播，广播硬拷贝，计算机通信等）和新的用户特定的大众媒体。 在统一系统内，并行处理计算机系统每个都具有控制多个计算机（例如205）的输入（例如77），在接收站处产生和输出用户信息。 在广播控制下，本地计算机（73,205）选择性地将用户信息合并到现有技术的通信中，以在视频监视器（202），扬声器（263），打印机（221）等处展现个性化的大众媒体节目。在中间传输站 （例如有线电视台），网络广播和本地输入（74,77,97,98）中的信号使得控制处理器（71）和计算机（73）有选择地自动化接收器（53），记录器/ 玩家（76），计算机（73），发电机（82），剥离器（81）等。在接收站处，接收的传输和本地输入（225,218,22）中的信号使控制处理器（200）和计算机 自动化转换器（201），调谐器（215），解密器（224），记录器/播放器（217），计算机（205），炉子（206）等的连接和操作。处理器（71,200） 监控程序的可用性和使用情况。

公开(公告)号：US20140115619A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-24

申请号：US14141716

申请日：2013-12-27

申请人： Kevin Deng

发明人： Kevin Deng

IPC分类号： H04N19/467 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04H60/59

CPC分类号： H04N19/467 ,  G06F17/30799 ,  G06K9/00711 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N17/004 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/8352

摘要： Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems are disclosed. The example apparatus and methods generate a signature associated with a video program. An example system includes a frame scanner to scan video frames associated with the video program. The frame scanner is to select a video frame based on a number of intra-coded macro blocks within the video frame. The example system also includes an intra-coded macro block extractor to extract intra-coded macro blocks from the video frame and a scaled image extractor to extract a scaled image from the intra-coded macro blocks. A signature generator is also included in the example system to calculate a plurality of centroids associated with video frame based on the scaled image and to form the signature based on the plurality of centroids.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于视频节目识别系统的数字视频签名装置和方法。 示例性装置和方法产生与视频节目相关联的签名。 示例系统包括用于扫描与视频节目相关联的视频帧的帧扫描器。 帧扫描器是基于视频帧内的帧内编码宏块的数目来选择视频帧。 示例系统还包括帧内编码宏块提取器，用于从视频帧中提取帧内编码的宏块，以及缩放图像提取器，从帧内编码的宏块中提取缩放后的图像。 签名生成器还包括在示例系统中以基于缩放图像计算与视频帧相关联的多个质心并且基于多个质心形成签名。

公开(公告)号：US08707340B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US13762025

申请日：2013-02-07

申请人： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Robert A. Luff

发明人： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Robert A. Luff

IPC分类号： H04H60/32 ,  H04H60/33

CPC分类号： H04N21/442 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/372 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/43 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H60/59 ,  H04H60/64 ,  H04H2201/90 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/25866 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8352

摘要： Methods and apparatus to maintain audience privacy while determining viewing of video-on-demand (VOD) programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises obtaining subscriber metering data from a site metering device monitoring presentation of VOD content at a first subscriber site, obtaining server metering data from a VOD server, the server metering data including identification information for a plurality of subscriber sites to identify particular VOD content provided uniquely to each of the subscriber sites, the identification information manipulated to preserve anonymity of the plurality of subscriber sites, manipulating at least a portion of the subscriber metering data to determine a first manipulated identifier to identify the first subscriber site, and using the first manipulated identifier to cross-reference the manipulated identification information included in the server metering data to merge the subscriber metering data and the portion of the server metering data uniquely associated with the first subscriber site.

摘要翻译： 公开了在确定观看视频点播（VOD）节目时保持观众隐私的方法和装置。 本文公开的示例性方法包括从站点计量设备获取用户测量数据，监视在第一用户站点处的VOD内容的呈现，从VOD服务器获取服务器计量数据，所述服务器计量数据包括用于多个订户站点的标识信息，以识别 为每个用户站点唯一地提供的特定VOD内容，被操纵以保护多个用户站点的匿名性的识别信息，操纵用户测量数据的至少一部分以确定用于识别第一用户站点的第一操作标识符，以及 使用第一操作标识符来交叉引用包括在服务器测量数据中的操纵标识信息，以合并用户测量数据和与第一用户站点唯一相关联的服务器计量数据的部分。

公开(公告)号：US08676570B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-18

申请号：US12767422

申请日：2010-04-26

申请人： Daniel J. Nelson ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  John C. Peiffer

发明人： Daniel J. Nelson ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  John C. Peiffer

IPC分类号： G10L19/00

CPC分类号： G10L19/018 ,  H04H20/14 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H2201/50 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/4394

摘要： Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to perform audio watermark decoding are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving an audio signal including an audience measurement code embedded therein using a first plurality of frequency components, sampling the audio signal, transforming the sampled audio signal into a first frequency domain representation, determining whether the code is detectable in the first plurality of frequency components of the first frequency domain representation, and when the code is not detected in the first plurality of frequency components, examining a second plurality of frequency components of a second frequency domain representation to determine whether the code is detected, the second plurality of frequency components being offset from the first plurality of frequency components by a first offset, the first offset corresponding to a sampling frequency mismatch.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于执行音频水印解码的示例性方法，装置和制造。 所公开的示例性方法包括使用第一多个频率分量接收包括其中嵌入的观众测量码的音频信号，对音频信号进行采样，将采样的音频信号变换为第一频域表示，确定代码是否可在第一 第一频域表示的多个频率分量，以及当在第一多个频率分量中未检测到代码时，检查第二频域表示的第二多个频率分量以确定是否检测到代码，第二多个 频率分量从第一多个频率分量偏移第一偏移，第一偏移对应于采样频率失配。