Patents by Inventor Mark G. Welch

Mark G. Welch 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).

  • Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed
    Patent number: 9357246
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed are disclosed. An example method includes collecting feed data representative of source feeds associated with respective live media events, collecting distribution data representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds, and comparing, using a processor, the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying times at which the live media events were distributed via corresponding distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Mark G. Welch
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO IDENTIFY TIMES AT WHICH LIVE MEDIA EVENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED
    Publication number: 20140282797
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed are disclosed. An example method includes collecting feed data representative of source feeds associated with respective live media events, collecting distribution data representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds, and comparing, using a processor, the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying times at which the live media events were distributed via corresponding distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Mark G. Welch
  • Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed
    Patent number: 8776116
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed are disclosed. An example method includes collecting feed data representative of source feeds associated with respective live media events, collecting distribution data representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds, and comparing, using a processor, the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying times at which the live media events were distributed via corresponding distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US) LLC
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Mark G. Welch
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO IDENTIFY TIMES AT WHICH LIVE MEDIA EVENTS ARE DISTRIBUTED
    Publication number: 20130198792
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify times at which live media events are distributed are disclosed. An example method includes collecting feed data representative of source feeds associated with respective live media events, collecting distribution data representative of a plurality of distributions of the source feeds, and comparing, using a processor, the distribution data to the feed data to generate a list identifying times at which the live media events were distributed via corresponding distributions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: David Howell Wright, Mark G. Welch