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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Wendell Lynch, East Lansing, MI (US);
Ronald D. Smith, Ellicott City, MD (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for payload encoding and decoding are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor. The example apparatus further includes a storage device in communication with the processor, the storage device including instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to at least process a license file to obtain information to access a message encoded in audio, the information obtained from the license file including at least one of decoding information, message codes, a decoding algorithm or diagnostic information; detect the message encoded in the audio based on the information obtained from the license file; and output the detected message.