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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
May. 26, 2010
David H. Harkness, Wilton, CT (US);
Daozheng LU, Dunedin, FL (US);
William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Craig M. Smithpeters, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
David H. Harkness, Wilton, CT (US);
Daozheng Lu, Dunedin, FL (US);
William A. Feininger, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Craig M. Smithpeters, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning information, or the like. The meter may also be arranged to extract a broadcast signature from the program. A comparator compares the broadcast signature to a reference signature selected from a library of reference signatures based upon the content ancillary information. Broadcast signatures from unknown programs may be clustered at least partially on the basis of the content ancillary information.