Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for affiliate interrupt detection
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Application No.: US17389027Application Date: 2021-07-29
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Publication No.: US11677996B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Jeremey M. Davis , David H. Wright , Alexander Topchy , Cherisse Ponraj , Chris Curtis , Jonathan Chazen , Markus Kurt Cremer , Sharmishtha Gupta , Jeffrey Scott
- 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: H04N21/238
- IPC: H04N21/238 ; H04N21/2389 ; H04N21/234 ; H04N21/233 ; H04N21/845 ; H04N21/8358 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/81

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220094997A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AFFILIATE INTERRUPT DETECTION Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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