Patents by Inventor Kenneth Albert Hennacy

Kenneth Albert Hennacy 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WATERMARK OUTAGE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20230093586
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermark outage detection. Example methods include evaluating an onset time and duration of a detected watermark outage based on a model of expected watermark outages to determine whether the detected watermark outage corresponds to at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model. Example methods further include generating an alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage does not correspond to at least one of the expected watermark outages included in the model, and suppressing the alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage corresponds to the at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Albert Hennacy, Girish Khavasi
  • Methods and apparatus for watermark outage detection
    Patent number: 11412277
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermark outage detection. Example methods include evaluating an onset time and duration of a detected watermark outage based on a model of expected watermark outages to determine whether the detected watermark outage corresponds to at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model. Example methods further include generating an alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage does not correspond to at least one of the expected watermark outages included in the model, and suppressing the alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage corresponds to the at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Albert Hennacy, Girish Khavasi
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WATERMARK OUTAGE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20210195265
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermark outage detection. Example methods include evaluating an onset time and duration of a detected watermark outage based on a model of expected watermark outages to determine whether the detected watermark outage corresponds to at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model. Example methods further include generating an alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage does not correspond to at least one of the expected watermark outages included in the model, and suppressing the alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage corresponds to the at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth Albert Hennacy, Girish Khavasi
  • Methods and apparatus for watermark outage detection
    Patent number: 10827209
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermark outage detection. Example methods include evaluating an onset time and duration of a detected watermark outage based on a model of expected watermark outages to determine whether the detected watermark outage corresponds to at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model. Example methods further include generating an alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage does not correspond to at least one of the expected watermark outages included in the model, and suppressing the alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage corresponds to the at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Albert Hennacy, Girish Khavasi
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WATERMARK OUTAGE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20200045353
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermark outage detection. Example methods include evaluating an onset time and duration of a detected watermark outage based on a model of expected watermark outages to determine whether the detected watermark outage corresponds to at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model. Example methods further include generating an alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage does not correspond to at least one of the expected watermark outages included in the model, and suppressing the alert in response to determining the detected watermark outage corresponds to the at least one of the expected watermark outages represented in the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Albert Hennacy, Girish Khavasi