Patents by Inventor Edward Stembler

Edward Stembler 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: 20220295146
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: divide audio of monitored media into successive audio segments; perform speaker identification on the audio segments; generate confidence values for speakers identified in the audio segments; generate speaker identification data for ones of the speakers having respective confidence values that satisfy a threshold; and analyze the speaker identification data to determine a speaker impact on audience ratings data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Gregory Milavsky, Hashem Alsaket, James Bartelme, Jan Besehanic, Edward Stembler
  • Patent number: 11350164
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes dividing monitored audio into successive audio segments including a first audio segment and a second audio segment. The example method also includes generating a first confidence value from the first audio segment and a second confidence value from the second audio segment, the first confidence value associated with a presence of a first audio source in the first audio segment, the second confidence value associated with a presence of the first audio source in the second audio segment. The example method includes identifying whether the monitored audio is associated with a presentation of first media based on the first confidence value and the second confidence value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Gregory Milavsky, Hashem Alsaket, James Bartelme, Jan Besehanic, Edward Stembler
  • Publication number: 20210168447
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes dividing monitored audio into successive audio segments including a first audio segment and a second audio segment. The example method also includes generating a first confidence value from the first audio segment and a second confidence value from the second audio segment, the first confidence value associated with a presence of a first audio source in the first audio segment, the second confidence value associated with a presence of the first audio source in the second audio segment. The example method includes identifying whether the monitored audio is associated with a presentation of first media based on the first confidence value and the second confidence value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Gregory Milavsky, Hashem Alsaket, James Bartelme, Jan Besehanic, Edward Stembler
  • Patent number: 10917691
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes dividing monitored audio into successive audio segments including a first audio segment and a second audio segment. The example method also includes generating a first confidence value from the first audio segment and a second confidence value from the second audio segment, the first confidence value associated with a presence of a first audio source in the first audio segment, the second confidence value associated with a presence of the first audio source in the second audio segment. The example method includes determining an impact of the presence of the first audio source on audience ratings associated with the monitored audio based on the first confidence value, the first quantity of audience members, the second confidence value and the second quantity of audience members to determine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Gregory Milavsky, Hashem Alsaket, James Bartelme, Jan Besehanic, Edward Stembler
  • Publication number: 20200275154
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes dividing monitored audio into successive audio segments including a first audio segment and a second audio segment. The example method also includes generating a first confidence value from the first audio segment and a second confidence value from the second audio segment, the first confidence value associated with a presence of a first audio source in the first audio segment, the second confidence value associated with a presence of the first audio source in the second audio segment. The example method includes determining an impact of the presence of the first audio source on audience ratings associated with the monitored audio based on the first confidence value, the first quantity of audience members, the second confidence value and the second quantity of audience members to determine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Gregory Milavsky, Hashem Alsaket, James Bartelme, Jan Besehanic, Edward Stembler
  • Patent number: 10595083
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes dividing monitored audio into successive audio segments including a first audio segment and a second audio segment, the monitored audio associated with monitored media. The example method also includes generating a first confidence value for the first audio segment of the successive segments and a second confidence value for the second audio segment, the first confidence value associated with a presence of a first audio source in the first audio segment, the second confidence value associated with a presence of the first audio source in the second audio segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Gregory Milavsky, Hashem Alsaket, James Bartelme, Jan Besehanic, Edward Stembler
  • Publication number: 20190327524
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes dividing monitored audio into successive audio segments including a first audio segment and a second audio segment, the monitored audio associated with monitored media. The example method also includes generating a first confidence value for the first audio segment of the successive segments and a second confidence value for the second audio segment, the first confidence value associated with a presence of a first audio source in the first audio segment, the second confidence value associated with a presence of the first audio source in the second audio segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph Gregory Milavsky, Hashem Alsaket, James Bartelme, Jan Besehanic, Edward Stembler
  • Publication number: 20070075535
    Abstract: A hybrid inflator for inflating an airbag system has one or more heater assemblies with an enhancer charge contained in the heater with bypass ports or openings in direct communication with the inert gas. Upon ignition a portion of the enhancer charge bypasses the heater gas generant charge to pre-heat the inert gas prior to or simultaneously with a remaining portion of the enhancer charge igniting the heater gas generant charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Dennis Trevillyan, Michael Kelley, Michael Mulville, Carter Burroughs, John Adams, Edward Stembler