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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2022
Applicant:

The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Topchy, New Port Richey, FL (US);

Venugopal Srinivasan, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);

Assignee:

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/59 (2008.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04H 60/58 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/59 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04H 60/58 (2013.01); H04N 21/4363 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for determining increasing robustness of media signatures are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein is to select to at least one of (A) boost a first characteristic of a media signal at a first time or (B) attenuate a second characteristic of the media signal at a second time based on an effect of the at least one of the boost of the first characteristic or the attenuation of the second characteristic on a difference between a third characteristic of the media signal at a third time and a fourth characteristic of the media signal at a fourth time. The disclosed example apparatus is also to perform the selected one of (A) the boost of the first characteristic of the media signal at the first time or (B) the attenuation of the second characteristic of the media signal at the second time to enhance the media signal.


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