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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Watchanator, Inc., Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
Inventors:
Leonard Scott Freudenthal, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
Gregory Andrew Anderson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Percy F. Shadwell, Jr., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Frank David Freudenthal, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Assignee:
WATCHANATOR, INC., Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04H 20/12 (2008.01); H04N 17/04 (2006.01); H04H 60/29 (2008.01); H04H 60/56 (2008.01); H04H 60/63 (2008.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2013.01); G06K 9/00711 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); H04H 20/12 (2013.01); H04H 60/29 (2013.01); H04H 60/56 (2013.01); H04H 60/63 (2013.01); H04N 17/04 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); G06K 2209/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image analysis system and method determines whether a channel is active by intercepting signals from a set-top box and determining whether the signals correspond to an inactive channel by analyzing pixels, recognized text and/or audio in the signal stream. The system and method controls tuning of the set-top box to each channel to be tested. Data relating to the analysis may be stored and transmitted for processing credit requests.