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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2018
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ravi K. Sharma, Portland, OR (US);
Shankar Thagadur Shivappa, Tualatin, OR (US);
Osama M. Alattar, Tigard, OR (US);
Brett A. Bradley, Portland, OR (US);
Scott M. Long, Portland, OR (US);
Ajith M. Kamath, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vojtech Holub, Portland, OR (US);
Hugh L. Brunk, Portland, OR (US);
Robert G. Lyons, Portland, OR (US);
Aparna R. Gurijala, Port Coquilam, CA;
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements involving electronic devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, wearable devices, etc., are disclosed. One arrangement involves a low-power processing technique for discerning cues from audio input. Another involves a technique for detecting audio activity based on the Kullback-Liebler divergence (KLD) (or a modified version thereof) of the audio input. Still other arrangements concern techniques for managing the manner in which policies are embodied on an electronic device. Others relate to distributed computing techniques. A great variety of other features are also detailed.