Telecommunications – Audience survey or program distribution use accounting
Reexamination Certificate
2002-10-09
2010-06-22
Trinh, Tan (Department: 2618)
Telecommunications
Audience survey or program distribution use accounting
C455S003060, C455S418000, C725S009000, C725S018000, C725S019000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07742737
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for identifying broadcast digital audio signals include structure and/or function whereby the digital audio signal is provided to processing structure which is configured to (i) identify a program-identifying code in the received digital audio signal, (ii) identify a program-identifying code in a decompressed received digital audio signal, (iii) identify a feature signature in the received digital audio signal, and (iv) identify a feature signature in the decompressed received digital audio signal. Preferably, such processing structure is disposed in a dwelling or a monitoring site in an audience measurement system, such as the Nielsen TV ratings system.
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Hicks Michael A.
Kempter Paul C.
Lu Daozheng
Mears Paul M.
Peiffer John C.
Hanley Flight & Zimmerman LLC
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC.
Trinh Tan
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