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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. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Morris Lee, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
William H. Schilp, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Michael A. Hicks, Clearwater, FL (US);
Ronald Schwerer, Belleair Beach, FL (US);
David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Kevin Deng, Saftey Harbor, FL (US);
Morris Lee, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
William H. Schilp, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Michael A. Hicks, Clearwater, FL (US);
Ronald Schwerer, Belleair Beach, FL (US);
David H. Wright, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Kevin Deng, Saftey Harbor, FL (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Signature-based program identification apparatus and methods for use with digital audio and/or video systems are disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods develop signatures of digital audio and/or video content from a digital data stream at two or more sites and compare the signatures to one another to identify the content.