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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
John C. Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Michael A. Hicks, Clearwater, FL (US);
David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Daozheng LU, Dunedin, FL (US);
Paul C. Kempter, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
John C. Peiffer, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Michael A. Hicks, Clearwater, FL (US);
David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Paul M. Mears, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Venugopal Srinivasan, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Daozheng Lu, Dunedin, FL (US);
Paul C. Kempter, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for identifying broadcast digital audio signals include structure and/or function whereby the digital audio signal is provided to processing structure which is configured to (i) identify a program-identifying code in the received digital audio signal, (ii) identify a program-identifying code in a decompressed received digital audio signal, (iii) identify a feature signature in the received digital audio signal, and (iv) identify a feature signature in the decompressed received digital audio signal. Preferably, such processing structure is disposed in a dwelling or a monitoring site in an audience measurement system, such as the Nielsen TV ratings system.