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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.: US16907700Application Date: 2020-06-22
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Publication No.: US11330328B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- 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. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a watermark detector to detect a first watermark embedded in a first audio stream, the first watermark including a first source identifier and a first timing identifier, and detect a second watermark embedded in a second audio stream, the second watermark including a second source identifier and a second timing identifier. The disclosed example apparatus also include a controller to associate the first and second watermarks with a media detection event when both (1) the first and second source identifiers match and (2) the first and second timing identifiers are chronologically congruent. The disclosed example apparatus further include a transmitter to transmit the media detection event to a data collection facility.
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