公开(公告)号：US09055336B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-09

申请号：US14280949

申请日：2014-05-19

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Charles C. Conklin ,  Wayne A. Olmsted ,  Karin Johnson ,  Fred Martensen ,  Daniel Nelson ,  Alexander Topchy ,  Paul M. Mears

IPC: H04N7/16 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/45

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44213 ,  H04N21/4432 ,  H04N21/4436 ,  H04N21/4524 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example method includes transmitting a first discovery inquiry message in response to a wakeup timer expiration signal, disabling a media detection circuit of the portable device when a base unit responds to the discovery inquiry message, and enabling the media detection circuit of the portable device when the base unit response to the discovery inquiry message is absent.

Abstract translation: 公开了用于多用途计量的方法和装置。 一种示例性方法包括响应于唤醒定时器到期信号发送第一发现查询消息，当基本单元响应于发现查询消息时禁用便携式设备的媒体检测电路，以及启用便携式设备的媒体检测电路 对发现查询消息的基本单元响应不存在。

公开(公告)号：US12206958B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US18512299

申请日：2023-11-17

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Vladimir Kuznetsov

IPC: H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/8352

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to extend a time range supported by a watermark are disclosed. Example watermark encoding apparatus disclosed herein determine which one of a plurality of timestamp cycles is to be represented by a timestamp of a watermark, the timestamp including a set of timestamp symbols, a first subset of data symbols and a second subset of data symbols. Disclosed example apparatus also modify the first subset of data symbols of the watermark based on a further timestamp symbol not included in the set of timestamp symbols of the timestamp, but not modify the second subset of data symbols based on the further timestamp symbol, the further timestamp symbol to identify the one of the plurality of timestamp cycles to be represented by the timestamp of the watermark. Disclosed example apparatus further embed the watermark in a piece of media.

公开(公告)号：US20250008143A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18761697

申请日：2024-07-02

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Vladimir Kuznetsov ,  Jeremey M. Davis

IPC: H04N19/467 ,  H04L27/20 ,  H04L67/50 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/8358

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermarking using starting phase modulation. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to at least access a media signal, access a watermark symbol to be encoded into the media signal, determine bit values of the watermark symbol, determine a common starting phase value for watermark components of the watermark symbol, the common starting phase value to represent at least one of the bit values of the watermark symbol, and embed the watermark components into the media signal based on the common starting phase value.

公开(公告)号：US12041319B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17833703

申请日：2022-06-06

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Christen V. Nielsen ,  David Gish ,  Ken Joseph Frett ,  Timothy Scott Cooper ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: H04N21/8358 ,  G06F21/16 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/845

CPC classification number: H04N21/8358 ,  G06F21/16 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for associating different watermarks detected in media. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first watermark detected in a media signal is represented in a watermark data structure and associating the first watermark with a first media presentation record associated with a second watermark in response to the first watermark being associated in the watermark data structure with the second watermark. The example method further includes transmitting monitoring data including the first media presentation record to an audience measurement entity.

公开(公告)号：US20240155186A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18411759

申请日：2024-01-12

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Padmanabhan Soundararajan ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/45

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/44224 ,  H04N21/44226 ,  H04N21/44231 ,  H04N21/4524

Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine a location of a portable device based on location data collected by the portable device, determine whether a person is within a threshold distance of the portable device based on proximity data collected by the portable device, and, when the person is determined to be within the threshold distance of the portable device: (i) infer at least one of a presence or an absence of the person in a media exposure environment based on the location of the portable device, (ii) determine a confidence level that the person corresponds to a member of the panelist household, and (iii) determine an accuracy of presence information collected by a people meter based on the confidence level and the inference of the at least one of the presence or the absence of the person, the people meter different than the portable device.

公开(公告)号：US20240152552A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18484792

申请日：2023-10-11

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: G06F16/683 ,  G11B20/10 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58

CPC classification number: G06F16/683 ,  G11B20/10 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04H2201/50

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to audio watermarking and watermark detection and extracted are described herein. An example method includes receiving a media content signal, sampling the media content signal to generate samples, storing the samples in a buffer, determining a first sequence of samples in the buffer, determining a second sequence of samples in the buffer, wherein the second sequence of samples is of substantially equal length as the first sequence of samples, calculating an average of the first sequence of samples and the second sequence of samples to generate an average sequence of samples, extracting an identifier from the average sequence of samples, and storing the identifier in a tangible memory.

公开(公告)号：US20240089562A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18512299

申请日：2023-11-17

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Vladimir Kuznetsov

IPC: H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/8352

CPC classification number: H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/8352

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to extend a time range supported by a watermark are disclosed. Example watermark encoding apparatus disclosed herein determine which one of a plurality of timestamp cycles is to be represented by a timestamp of a watermark, the timestamp including a set of timestamp symbols, a first subset of data symbols and a second subset of data symbols. Disclosed example apparatus also modify the first subset of data symbols of the watermark based on a further timestamp symbol not included in the set of timestamp symbols of the timestamp, but not modify the second subset of data symbols based on the further timestamp symbol, the further timestamp symbol to identify the one of the plurality of timestamp cycles to be represented by the timestamp of the watermark. Disclosed example apparatus further embed the watermark in a piece of media.

公开(公告)号：US20240031647A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18477765

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Meryem Berrada ,  Ronny Lerch ,  John Stavropoulos ,  Alexander Topchy ,  John Zoldos

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04L67/54 ,  H04L67/50

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04L67/54 ,  H04L67/535

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect a presence status. An example apparatus includes media identification circuitry to generate first signatures representative of first audio data associated with a monitored media device, a comparator to obtain second signatures from a portable meter, the second signatures representative of second audio data sensed by the portable meter and compare the first signatures and the second signatures to determine a comparison result, presence detection circuitry to determine a presence status of a user based on the comparison result, the user associated with the portable meter, and network communication circuitry to transmit the presence status to a data processor to perform audience measurement based on the presence status.

公开(公告)号：US11877039B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US18091978

申请日：2022-12-30

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Vladimir Kuznetsov

IPC: H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/8352

CPC classification number: H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/8352

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to extend a time range supported by a watermark are disclosed. Example watermark encoding apparatus disclosed herein determine which one of a plurality of timestamp cycles is to be represented by a timestamp of a watermark, the timestamp including a set of timestamp symbols, a first subset of data symbols and a second subset of data symbols. Disclosed example apparatus also modify the first subset of data symbols of the watermark based on a further timestamp symbol not included in the set of timestamp symbols of the timestamp, but not modify the second subset of data symbols based on the further timestamp symbol, the further timestamp symbol to identify the one of the plurality of timestamp cycles to be represented by the timestamp of the watermark. Disclosed example apparatus further embed the watermark in a piece of media.

公开(公告)号：US11818442B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-14

申请号：US17947878

申请日：2022-09-19

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Vladimir Kuznetsov ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/8352

CPC classification number: H04N21/8358 ,  H04N21/23892 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/8352

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to extend a time range supported by a watermark are disclosed. Example watermark encoding apparatus disclosed herein determine which one of a plurality of timestamp cycles is to be represented by a timestamp of a watermark. Disclosed example apparatus also swap at least two symbols of the watermark when the timestamp is to represent a second one of the timestamp cycles, but do not swap the at least two symbols of the watermark when the timestamp is to represent a first one of the timestamp cycles. Disclosed example apparatus further embed the watermark in a first piece of media.