公开(公告)号：US20230328125A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18316452

申请日：2023-05-12

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Jeremey M. Davis ,  Khaldun Karazoun

IPC: H04L65/60 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04L65/612

CPC classification number: H04L65/60 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04L65/612

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for identifying streaming sessions are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an audience measurer to determine an identifier for a commercial presented at a media presentation device, and to determine a time at which the commercial was presented. The example apparatus also includes a log analyzer to compare the identifier and the time to a streaming session log from a streaming service provider (SSP) to identify a streaming session in which the commercial associated with the identifier was presented at the time. The example apparatus also includes a panelist matcher to associate, based on the comparison, a panelist identifier with a streaming session identifier corresponding to the streaming session.

公开(公告)号：US11755642B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17872792

申请日：2022-07-25

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Venugopal Srinivasan

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06F16/683 ,  G10L19/018 ,  G11B20/00

CPC classification number: G06F16/683 ,  G10L19/018 ,  G11B20/00086

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to detect media watermarks in magnetic field data are disclosed herein. Example media monitors disclosed herein include a magnetic field estimator to determine first magnetic field data, the magnetic field estimator in communication with a magnetometer. Disclosed example media monitors also include a correlator to correlate the first magnitude field data with a reference sequence to determine second magnetic field data. Disclosed example media monitors further include a watermark decoder to process the second magnetic field data to detect an audio watermark encoded in an audio signal.

公开(公告)号：US20230217071A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17962335

申请日：2022-10-07

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy

IPC: H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/466

CPC classification number: H04N21/44218 ,  H04N21/4667

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for measuring engagement during media exposure. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to identify media presented via a media device in a media presentation environment, identify ambient audio detected in the media presentation environment, determine whether the ambient audio is distractive to presentation of the media in the media presentation environment, and adjust a media exposure report based on a determination that the ambient audio is distractive.

公开(公告)号：US20230195861A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18069817

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Timothy Scott Cooper ,  Jeremey M. Davis ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: G06F21/16

CPC classification number: G06F21/16 ,  G06F2221/0733

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture related to end-point media watermarking are disclosed. An example device includes a media receiver to receive a media signal, a watermark generator to generate a watermark, a trigger to activate the watermark generator to generate the watermark based on an external input, an encoder to encode the media signal with the watermark to synthesize an encoded media signal, a media output to render the encoded media signal.

公开(公告)号：US20230177559A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US18155020

申请日：2023-01-16

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Brian Fuhrer ,  Morris Lee ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: G06Q30/0242 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04N7/24 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q30/0272

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0242 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04N7/24 ,  G06Q30/0244 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q30/0272

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for pre-scaling media content to facilitate audience measurement are disclosed. An example method includes encoding a media content sample in accordance with a first encoding configuration and playing the encoded sample. The example method also includes attempting to detect the codes in the sample, and computing a ratio between the codes encoded in the sample and the codes detected when the sample is played.

公开(公告)号：US11652859B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17142905

申请日：2021-01-06

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Alexander Topchy ,  Jeremey M. Davis ,  Khaldun Karazoun

IPC: H04L65/60 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/835 ,  H04L65/612

CPC classification number: H04L65/60 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L65/612 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/835

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for identifying streaming sessions are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an audience measurer to determine an identifier for a commercial presented at a media presentation device, and to determine a time at which the commercial was presented. The example apparatus also includes a log analyzer to compare the identifier and the time to a streaming session log from a streaming service provider (SSP) to identify a streaming session in which the commercial associated with the identifier was presented at the time. The example apparatus also includes a panelist matcher to associate, based on the comparison, a panelist identifier with a streaming session identifier corresponding to the streaming session.

公开(公告)号：US20230139142A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

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

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：US11537690B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16405130

申请日：2019-05-07

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Timothy Scott Cooper ,  Jeremey M. Davis ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: G06F21/16

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture related to end-point media watermarking are disclosed. An example device includes a media receiver to receive a media signal, a watermark generator to generate a watermark, a trigger to activate the watermark generator to generate the watermark based on an external input, an encoder to encode the media signal with the watermark to synthesize an encoded media signal, a media output to render the encoded media signal.

公开(公告)号：US11516609B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US17170472

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Marc Messier ,  James Joseph Vitt ,  Venugopal Srinivasan ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: H04R29/00 ,  G10L19/018

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to analyze microphone placement for watermarks and signatures are disclosed. An example instructions cause one or more processors to at least determine a variance of a magnitude spectrum of a frequency band corresponding to a frequency spectrum of a first audio signal sensed with an audio sensor. The example instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine, based on the variance, a recovery rate associated with at least one of watermark detection or signature generation to be performed on a second audio signal to be sensed with the audio sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20220215074A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17533041

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Arun Ramaswamy ,  Timothy Scott Cooper ,  Jeremey M. Davis ,  Alexander Topchy

IPC: G06F21/16

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture related to end-point media watermarking are disclosed. An example device includes a media receiver to receive a media signal, a watermark generator to generate a watermark, a trigger to activate the watermark generator to generate the watermark based on an external input, an encoder to encode the media signal with the watermark to synthesize an encoded media signal, a media output to render the encoded media signal.