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Title:
AUDIO DATA RECEIPT/EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT WITH CODE MONITORING AND SIGNATURE EXTRACTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004030340
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Audio is input (20), reproduced (30), and monitored (40) in order to generate a report (50). A monitoring code is used in combination with audio analysis of the signal itself to recognize a particular audio signal. The audio is from television or radio programms and the recognition is used to measure audience listening.

Inventors:
NEUHAUSER ALAN R
WHITE THOMAS W
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/031075
Publication Date:
August 12, 2004
Filing Date:
September 26, 2003
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Assignee:
ARBITRON INC (US)
International Classes:
G10L21/00; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/69; H04B17/00; H04H60/58; H04H60/65; H04H60/31; H04H60/37; H04H1/00; H04N; H04H9/00; (IPC1-7): H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/69; H04B17/00; G10L15/00
Foreign References:
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US6437227B12002-08-20
Other References:
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