Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection of media links in broadcast signals
- Patent Title (中): 广播信号中媒体链路的检测
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Application No.: US12788028Application Date: 2010-05-26
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Publication No.: US07941816B2Publication Date: 2011-05-10
- Inventor: David H. Harkness , Daozheng Lu , William A. Feininger , Craig M. Smithpeters
- Applicant: David H. Harkness , Daozheng Lu , William A. Feininger , Craig M. Smithpeters
- Applicant Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04H20/14
- IPC: H04H20/14 ; H04H60/29

Abstract:
A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning information, or the like. The meter may also be arranged to extract a broadcast signature from the program. A comparator compares the broadcast signature to a reference signature selected from a library of reference signatures based upon the content ancillary information. Broadcast signatures from unknown programs may be clustered at least partially on the basis of the content ancillary information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100235853A1 DETECTION OF MEDIA LINKS IN BROADCAST SIGNALS Public/Granted day:2010-09-16
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