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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:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael C. Pitman, Newburgh, NY (US);
Blake G. Fitch, White Plains, NY (US);
Steven Abrams, New City, NY (US);
Robert S. Germain, Larchmont, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/100 ; H04H 9/00 ; G06F 1/531 ; H04N 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/100 ; H04H 9/00 ; G06F 1/531 ; H04N 1/700 ;
Abstract
A broadcast datastream is received, and audio identifying information is generated for audio content from the broadcast datastream. It is determined whether the audio identifying information generated for the broadcast audio content matches audio identifying information in an audio content database. In one preferred embodiment, the audio identifying information is an audio feature signature that is based on audio content. Also provided is a system for monitoring broadcast audio content.