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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert John Dunki-Jacobs, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Michael Robert Hopple, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455-2 ; 348-4 ; 455-63 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an system, apparatus, and method of recording a viewer's television viewership habits. Sensors passively monitor the audio signal and video signal emanating from the television. By matching the audio signal in the source and emanating from the television and by matching television frame synchronization signal and the television source synchronization signal an unambiguous identification of the viewed channel is made.