Patents by Inventor Jonathan Chazen
Jonathan Chazen 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).
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Patent number: 12088865Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Jeremey M. Davis, David H. Wright, Alexander Topchy, Cherisse Ponraj, Chris Curtis, Jonathan Chazen, Markus Kurt Cremer, Sharmishtha Gupta, Jeffrey Scott
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Publication number: 20230300390Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Jeremey M. Davis, David H. Wright, Alexander Topchy, Cherisse Ponraj, Chris Curtis, Jonathan Chazen, Markus Kurt Cremer, Sharmishtha Gupta, Jeffrey Scott
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Patent number: 11677996Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Jeremey M. Davis, David H. Wright, Alexander Topchy, Cherisse Ponraj, Chris Curtis, Jonathan Chazen, Markus Kurt Cremer, Sharmishtha Gupta, Jeffrey Scott
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Publication number: 20220094997Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Jeremey M. Davis, David H. Wright, Alexander Topchy, Cherisse Ponraj, Chris Curtis, Jonathan Chazen, Markus Kurt Cremer, Sharmishtha Gupta, Jeffrey Scott
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Patent number: 11082730Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: Jeremey M. Davis, David H. Wright, Alexander Topchy, Cherisse Ponraj, Chris Curtis, Jonathan Chazen, Markus Kurt Cremer, Sharmishtha Gupta, Jeffrey Scott
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Publication number: 20210099738Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. An example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Jeremey M. Davis, David H. Wright, Alexander Topchy, Cherisse Ponraj, Chris Curtis, Jonathan Chazen, Markus Kurt Cremer, Sharmishtha Gupta, Jeffrey Scott
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Patent number: 9508086Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing received advertisement detection information associated with the advertisement, the advertisement detection information detected from a presentation of the advertisement; identifying a buy order corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement based on the advertisement detection information; determining a purchased ratings value from the buy order; comparing the purchased ratings value of the buy order to received ratings information corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement to determine whether the advertisement was presented as indicated in the buy order; and generating a performance monitoring report using the buy order and the advertisement detection information to indicate whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventors: James Milton Rathburn, Laurence Blair Miller, Thomas J. Whymark, Huaiyeu Huey Yu, Hui-Tung Yang, Stephen Shindle, Jonathan Chazen, Joseph Kaminski
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Publication number: 20150287074Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing received advertisement detection information associated with the advertisement, the advertisement detection information detected from a presentation of the advertisement; identifying a buy order corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement based on the advertisement detection information; determining a purchased ratings value from the buy order; comparing the purchased ratings value of the buy order to received ratings information corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement to determine whether the advertisement was presented as indicated in the buy order; and generating a performance monitoring report using the buy order and the advertisement detection information to indicate whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: James Milton Rathburn, Laurence Blair Miller, Thomas J. Whymark, Huaiyeu Huey Yu, Hui-Tung Yang, Stephen Shindle, Jonathan Chazen, Joseph Kaminski
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Patent number: 9064270Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing received advertisement detection information associated with the advertisement, the advertisement detection information detected from a presentation of the advertisement; identifying a buy order corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement based on the advertisement detection information; determining a purchased ratings value from the buy order; comparing the purchased ratings value of the buy order to received ratings information corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement to determine whether the advertisement was presented as indicated in the buy order; and generating a performance monitoring report using the buy order and the advertisement detection information to indicate whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: James Milton Rathburn, Laurence Blair Miller, Thomas J. Whymark, Huaiyeu Huey Yu, Hui-Tung Yang, Stephen Shindle, Jonathan Chazen, Joseph Kaminski
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Publication number: 20140114751Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing received advertisement detection information associated with the advertisement, the advertisement detection information detected from a presentation of the advertisement; identifying a buy order corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement based on the advertisement detection information; determining a purchased ratings value from the buy order; comparing the purchased ratings value of the buy order to received ratings information corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement to determine whether the advertisement was presented as indicated in the buy order; and generating a performance monitoring report using the buy order and the advertisement detection information to indicate whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventors: James Milton Rathburn, Laurence Blair Miller, Thomas J. Whymark, Huaiyeu Huey Yu, Hui-Tung Yang, Stephen Shindle, Jonathan Chazen, Joseph Kaminski
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Patent number: 8701136Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes receiving an identification of an advertisement that was presented on a media presentation channel at a time, receiving ratings information for the media presentation channel associated with the time period, identifying a buy order for the received identification, receiving a purchased ratings value associated with the buy order, comparing the purchased ratings value to the ratings information, and displaying an indication of whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: James Milton Rathburn, Laurence Blair Miller, Thomas J. Whymark, Huaiyeu Huey Yu, Hui-Tung Yang, Stephen Shindle, Jonathan Chazen, Joseph Kaminski
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Publication number: 20090187932Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes receiving an identification of an advertisement that was presented on a media presentation channel at a time, receiving ratings information for the media presentation channel associated with the time period, identifying a buy order for the received identification, receiving a purchased ratings value associated with the buy order, comparing the purchased ratings value to the ratings information, and displaying an indication of whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: James Milton Rathburn, Laurence Blair Miller, Thomas J. Whymark, Huaiyeu Huey Yu, Hui-Tung Yang, Stephen Shindle, Jonathan Chazen, Joseph Kaminski