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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniques
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Application No.: US15994383Application Date: 2018-05-31
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Publication No.: US10694243B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Justin Fahnestock , Ronan Heffernan , Muhammad Amir , Wes Kercher , Scott Barraclough , John Kistenmacher
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04H60/32
- IPC: H04H60/32 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/44 ; H04N21/83 ; H04N21/442 ; G10L19/018

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniques are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a watermark detector to detect a first watermark embedded in a first audio stream associated with media and to detect a second watermark embedded in a second audio stream associated with the media. The second audio stream is different than the first audio stream. The example apparatus includes a watermark analyzer to compare first media identifying information in the first watermark with second media identifying information in the second watermark. The example apparatus also includes a media detection event controller to associate the first and second watermarks with a media detection event when the first media identifying information is consistent with the second media identifying information. The example apparatus further includes a transmitter to transmit the media detection event to a data collection facility.
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