Patents by Inventor David L. DeBusk

David L. DeBusk 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).

  • Automatic identification of repeated material in audio signals
    Patent number: 9092518
    Abstract: A system and method are described for recognizing repeated audio material within at least one media stream without prior knowledge of the nature of the repeated material. The system and method are able to create a screening database from the media stream or streams. An unknown sample audio fragment is taken from the media stream and compared against the screening database to find if there are matching fragments within the media streams by determining if the unknown sample matches any samples in the screening database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Shazam Investments Limited
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Michael Karliner, Richard W. Cheong Tang, Avery Li-Chun Wang
  • Automatic Identification of Repeated Material in Audio Signals
    Publication number: 20140052284
    Abstract: A system and method are described for recognizing repeated audio material within at least one media stream without prior knowledge of the nature of the repeated material. The system and method are able to create a screening database from the media stream or streams. An unknown sample audio fragment is taken from the media stream and compared against the screening database to find if there are matching fragments within the media streams by determining if the unknown sample matches any samples in the screening database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Shazam Investments Limited
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Michael Karliner, Richard W. Cheong Tang, Avery Li-Chun Wang
  • Automatic identification of repeated material in audio signals
    Patent number: 8571864
    Abstract: A system and method are described for recognizing repeated audio material within at least one media stream without prior knowledge of the nature of the repeated material. The system and method are able to create a screening database from the media stream or streams. An unknown sample audio fragment is taken from the media stream and compared against the screening database to find if there are matching fragments within the media streams by determining if the unknown sample matches any samples in the screening database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Shazam Investments Limited
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Michael Karliner, Richard W. Cheong Tang, Avery Li-Chun Wang
  • Automatic Identification of Repeated Material In Audio Signals
    Publication number: 20120076310
    Abstract: A system and method are described for recognizing repeated audio material within at least one media stream without prior knowledge of the nature of the repeated material. The system and method are able to create a screening database from the media stream or streams. An unknown sample audio fragment is taken from the media stream and compared against the screening database to find if there are matching fragments within the media streams by determining if the unknown sample matches any samples in the screening database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SHAZAM ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Michael Karliner, Richard W. Cheong Tang, Avery Li-Chun Wang
  • Automatic identification of repeated material in audio signals
    Patent number: 8090579
    Abstract: A system and method are described for recognizing repeated audio material within at least one media stream without prior knowledge of the nature of the repeated material. The system and method are able to create a screening database from the media stream or streams. An unknown sample audio fragment is taken from the media stream and compared against the screening database to find if there are matching fragments within the media streams by determining if the unknown sample matches any samples in the screening database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Landmark Digital Services
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Michael Karliner, Richard Wing Cheong Tang, Avery Li-Chun Wang
  • Device for monitoring multiple broadcast signals
    Patent number: 7840177
    Abstract: A media content monitoring system uses a rack adapted to receive multiple carrier boards to improve the system's ability to be configured to specific applications. Each carrier board contains tuner modules for receiving AM/FM broadcasts, satellite radio broadcasts, TV audio broadcasts, HD, IBOC, DAB and DRM digital radio broadcasts, etc. The tuner modules produce a USB output that is combined by a USB hub on the carrier boards into a single USB output. The carrier board outputs are in turn combined by a rack based USB hub into single USB output that is provided to a host computer. The host computer includes content identification software that automatically identifies selected media content received by the tuner modules and stores the selected content in a database. The host computer can send control codes to the tuner modules to alter their reception parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Landmark Digital Services, LLC
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Richard Wardwell, David A. Gilbert, Jack E. Jenkins, Paul P. Griffin, Jr., Fredric I. Graham, George Anderson Cook, Dustin Withers
  • DEVICE FOR MONITORING MULTIPLE BROADCAST SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20080290970
    Abstract: A media content monitoring system uses a rack adapted to receive multiple carrier boards to improve the system's ability to be configured to specific applications. Each carrier board contains tuner modules for receiving AM/FM broadcasts, satellite radio broadcasts, TV audio broadcasts, HD, IBOC, DAB and DRM digital radio broadcasts, etc. The tuner modules produce a USB output that is combined by a USB hub on the carrier boards into a single USB output. The carrier board outputs are in turn combined by a rack based USB hub into single USB output that is provided to a host computer. The host computer includes content identification software that automatically identifies selected media content received by the tuner modules and stores the selected content in a database. The host computer can send control codes to the tuner modules to alter their reception parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicants: Landmark Digital Services, LLC, Griffin Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Richard Wardwell, David A. Gilbert, Jack E. Jenkins, Paul P. Griffin, JR., Fredric I. Graham, George A. Cook, Dustin Withers