ZA200204027B - System and method for encoding an audio signal for use in broadcast program identification systems, by adding inaudible codes to the audio signal. - Google Patents

System and method for encoding an audio signal for use in broadcast program identification systems, by adding inaudible codes to the audio signal.

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Publication number
ZA200204027B
ZA200204027B ZA200204027A ZA200204027A ZA200204027B ZA 200204027 B ZA200204027 B ZA 200204027B ZA 200204027 A ZA200204027 A ZA 200204027A ZA 200204027 A ZA200204027 A ZA 200204027A ZA 200204027 B ZA200204027 B ZA 200204027B
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Prior art keywords
audio signal
encoding
broadcast program
program identification
identification systems
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ZA200204027A
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English (en)
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Venugopal Srinivasan
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Nielsen Media Res Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/428,425 external-priority patent/US7006555B1/en
Application filed by Nielsen Media Res Inc filed Critical Nielsen Media Res Inc
Publication of ZA200204027B publication Critical patent/ZA200204027B/xx

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H20/00—Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast
    • H04H20/28—Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
    • H04H20/30—Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information by a single channel
    • H04H20/31—Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information by a single channel using in-band signals, e.g. subsonic or cue signal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H60/00—Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/35—Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users
    • H04H60/37—Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H2201/00—Aspects of broadcast communication
    • H04H2201/50—Aspects of broadcast communication characterised by the use of watermarks

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Compression, Expansion, Code Conversion, And Decoders (AREA)
ZA200204027A 1999-10-27 2002-05-21 System and method for encoding an audio signal for use in broadcast program identification systems, by adding inaudible codes to the audio signal. ZA200204027B (en)

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US09/428,425 US7006555B1 (en) 1998-07-16 1999-10-27 Spectral audio encoding

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EP (1) EP1277295A1 (xx)
AR (1) AR024536A1 (xx)
AU (1) AU2881300A (xx)
WO (1) WO2001031816A1 (xx)
ZA (1) ZA200204027B (xx)

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