Patents by Inventor Joe Kerkes

Joe Kerkes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230291962
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Patent number: 11695987
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Publication number: 20210306701
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Patent number: 11039204
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Publication number: 20190327518
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Patent number: 10349123
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example metering methods disclosed herein include comparing frequency band values of a first audio signal with corresponding frequency band values of a second audio signal for a first subset of a set of frequency bands to determine a first comparison result. Disclosed example metering methods also include comparing the frequency band values of the first audio signal with corresponding frequency band values of a third audio signal for a different second subset of the set of frequency bands to determine a second comparison result. Disclosed example metering methods further include determining a source of the first audio signal based on the first comparison result and the second comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Publication number: 20170208359
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example metering methods disclosed herein include comparing frequency band values of a first audio signal with corresponding frequency band values of a second audio signal for a first subset of a set of frequency bands to determine a first comparison result. Disclosed example metering methods also include comparing the frequency band values of the first audio signal with corresponding frequency band values of a third audio signal for a different second subset of the set of frequency bands to determine a second comparison result. Disclosed example metering methods further include determining a source of the first audio signal based on the first comparison result and the second comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Patent number: 9641892
    Abstract: Example disclosed media source detection methods include determining first trending coefficients for a first audio signal obtained from a first media source in communication with a media device, wherein the first trending coefficients correspond to a set of frequency bands. Example disclosed media source detection methods also include determining second trending coefficients for a second audio signal obtained from monitoring media presented by the media device, wherein the second trending coefficients correspond to the set of frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh
  • Publication number: 20160021421
    Abstract: Example disclosed media source detection methods include determining first trending coefficients for a first audio signal obtained from a first media source in communication with a media device, wherein the first trending coefficients correspond to a set of frequency bands. Example disclosed media source detection methods also include determining second trending coefficients for a second audio signal obtained from monitoring media presented by the media device, wherein the second trending coefficients correspond to the set of frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Marko Panger, Joe Kerkes, Joze Arh