公开(公告)号：US12120368B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US18334151

申请日：2023-06-13

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Morris Lee

IPC: H04N21/40 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/466 ,  G10L25/78

CPC classification number: H04N21/252 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04H60/58 ,  H04N21/42203 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  G10L25/78

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to detect spillover are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: identify a quantity of first durations of loudness in an audio signal of media; calculate a ratio of the quantity of the first durations of loudness to a quantity of second durations of loudness in the audio signal of the media, the quantity of the second durations of loudness including the quantity of the first durations of loudness; and in response to a detection of the audio signal being spillover, store data denoting the media as un-usable to credit a media exposure when the ratio does not satisfy a loudness ratio threshold, the storing of the data to improve an accuracy of media exposure credits by not crediting spillover media.

公开(公告)号：US20230403422A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18455431

申请日：2023-08-24

Applicant: TVision Insights, Inc.

Inventor： Yanfeng Liu ,  Inderbir Sidhu ,  Sara Radkiewicz ,  Daniel Schiffman ,  Wei Dai ,  Joseph Crabtree

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  G01S1/08 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04N21/442

CPC classification number: H04N21/42201 ,  G01S1/08 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04N21/44218

Abstract: Conventional television audience measurements are made with diaries or by imaging the area in front of a television and trying to identify the people in the images watching television. Unfortunately, diaries are only accurate if the audience members record entries in them, and image-based techniques are intrusive. The present techniques address these problems by using a viewer's wearable device to measure a viewer's proximity to a television. The wearable device emits or receives low-power beacon signals; measurements of the signal strength are used to calculate the viewer's distance to the television. If the viewer is close enough to the television and the television is on, the viewer may be engaged with the content on the television. This system is simple, non-intrusive, and can used to measure engagement with each television in a multi-television household.

公开(公告)号：US11736751B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17852194

申请日：2022-06-28

Applicant: Comscore, Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Vinson ,  Frank Pecjak ,  John Clougherty ,  Josh Chasin ,  Cameron Meierhoefer

IPC: H04N21/258 ,  G06Q30/0242 ,  H04H60/45 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  H04H60/52

CPC classification number: H04N21/25883 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q30/0242 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04N21/258

Abstract: Techniques for projecting household-level viewing events are described herein. Population data may be accessed including classes of a plurality of demographic attributes for households in a market. Representative household units (RHUs) may be generated, and the RHUs may be assigned a class for each of the demographic attributes and a quota based on the demographic attributes of a plurality of panelist households. Each of the panelist households may be assigned to one of the RHUs based on at least one panelist classes matching the classes for respective demographic attributes of the RHU, and the number of matching panelist households assigned to each of the RHU may be based on the quota. Panelist viewing data representing viewing events associated with the panelist household may be accessed. A report may be generated with the classes of the RHUs and the panelist viewing data of the assigned panelist households.

公开(公告)号：US20210400328A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17222520

申请日：2021-04-05

Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Inventor： Neville A. Black

IPC: H04N21/2668 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H60/06 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04H60/63 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/2665

Abstract: A method and system for planning and running video-on-demand (VOD) advertising includes a planner for planning advertising campaigns and an ad selector for running selected advertisements from selected ones of the campaigns. The campaigns are associated with household demographic classifications, video content category categories, household geographic locations, and/or video viewing times. In response to a viewer requesting a video, the selector selects the campaigns corresponding to the demographic classification associated with the viewer, the content category of the requested video, the geographic location associated with the viewer, and/or the viewing time at which the requested video is viewed. The demographic classification is determined by using an identifier of the viewer's set-top-box. The selector may select the campaigns corresponding to the content categories of the requested video. The content categories are determined by using an identifier associated with the requested video.

公开(公告)号：US11184656B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16897043

申请日：2020-06-09

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Morris Lee

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04H60/58 ,  G10L25/78

Abstract: Disclosed examples include: determining periods of loudness in an audio signal by: determining whether a difference between a first amplitude at a first time and a second amplitude at a second time satisfies a loudness threshold; in response to the difference satisfying the loudness threshold, setting a loudness flag to a loud state corresponding to the second time, the second time occurring after the first time; determining whether a third amplitude at a third time after the second time satisfies a quiet threshold; in response to the third amplitude satisfying the quiet threshold, setting the loudness flag to a quiet state corresponding to the third time; and determining periods of loudness for the audio signal based on the states of the loudness flag at the second and third times; and indicating the audio signal as spillover based on the periods of loudness.

公开(公告)号：US20200374574A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16897043

申请日：2020-06-09

Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor： Morris Lee

IPC: H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04H60/31 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04H60/58

Abstract: Disclosed examples include: determining periods of loudness in an audio signal by: determining whether a difference between a first amplitude at a first time and a second amplitude at a second time satisfies a loudness threshold; in response to the difference satisfying the loudness threshold, setting a loudness flag to a loud state corresponding to the second time, the second time occurring after the first time; determining whether a third amplitude at a third time after the second time satisfies a quiet threshold; in response to the third amplitude satisfying the quiet threshold, setting the loudness flag to a quiet state corresponding to the third time; and determining periods of loudness for the audio signal based on the states of the loudness flag at the second and third times; and indicating the audio signal as spillover based on the periods of loudness.

公开(公告)号：US20200084497A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16606343

申请日：2018-04-20

Applicant: TVision Insights, Inc.

Inventor： Yanfeng Liu ,  Inderbir Sidhu ,  Sara Radkiewicz ,  Daniel Schiffman ,  Wei Dai ,  Joseph Crabtree

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/442 ,  G01S1/08 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/46

Abstract: Conventional television audience measurements are made with diaries or by imaging the area in front of a television and trying to identify the people in the images watching television. Unfortunately, diaries are only accurate if the audience members record entries in them, and image-based techniques are intrusive. The present techniques address these problems by using a viewer's wearable device to measure a viewer's proximity to a television. The wearable device emits or receives low-power beacon signals; measurements of the signal strength are used to calculate the viewer's distance to the television. If the viewer is close enough to the television and the television is on, the viewer may be engaged with the content on the television. This system is simple, non-intrusive, and can used to measure engagement with each television in a multi-television household.

公开(公告)号：US10467285B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15580194

申请日：2015-08-21

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Harpreetsingh Banvait ,  Casey Bryan Feldman ,  Jinesh J. Jain

IPC: G06F16/635 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  H04N21/25 ,  G06N20/00 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: A method of recommending radio stations including the step of generating a plurality of driver models. Each driver model may correspond to a different driver and documents audio content listened to by that driver while driving. The plurality of driver models may be aggregated to generate a recommendation model correlating radio stations, audio content, and geographic regions. Thereafter, a request for recommendations may be received from a driver while the driver is in a familiar or unfamiliar geographic region. A driver model corresponding to the driver may be compared against other data contained within the recommendation model in order to identify one or more radio stations that present audio content within the geographic region that best matches the audio content documented within the driver model corresponding to the driver. The one or more radio stations may then be communicated to the driver.

公开(公告)号：US10419879B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-17

申请号：US15989645

申请日：2018-05-25

Applicant: ROVI GUIDES, INC.

Inventor： Ti-Shiang Wang

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/16 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04W4/48

Abstract: Systems and methods for a media guidance application that adjusts output parameters of media assets delivered to output devices based on user preferences of users near the output devices. For example, the media guidance application may adjust the volume to be higher at a speaker near a first user who enjoys a particular media asset and lower at a speaker near a second user who dislikes the media asset.

公开(公告)号：US10148986B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US14824344

申请日：2015-08-12

Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey Mikan ,  Justin McNamara ,  Fulvio Cenciarelli ,  Anastasios Kefalas

IPC: H04L1/18 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04N21/258 ,  G06F17/00 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/52 ,  H04L12/58

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and updating user availability based upon presence and television viewing behavior are described herein. In one embodiment, a presence system is used to detect a user's presence to update the user's availability status. The availability status is then used to update a contact list, voicemail message, and/or busy message. In further embodiments, user preferences are used in combination with presence data to update the user's availability status. In still further embodiments, a user's television viewing behavior is used in combination with the presence data, user preferences, or both to update the user's availability status. Alternative embodiments provide systems and methods in accordance with the present invention for other interactive devices.