Patents by Inventor Markus Cremer

Markus Cremer 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: 20240373093
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization. Example instructions disclosed herein cause one or more processors to at least: detect an irregularity in a frequency representation of an audio signal in response to a change in volume between a set of frequency values exceeding a threshold; and adjust a volume at a first frequency value of the set of frequency values to reduce the irregularity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Renner, Robert Coover, Markus Cremer, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Publication number: 20240354053
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Cremer, Robert Coover, Steven D. Scherf, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Patent number: 12081833
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization. Example instructions disclosed herein cause one or more processors to at least: detect an irregularity in a frequency representation of an audio signal in response to a change in volume between a set of frequency values exceeding a threshold; and adjust a volume at a first frequency value of the set of frequency values to reduce the irregularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GRACENOTE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Renner, Robert Coover, Markus Cremer, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Patent number: 12061840
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Cremer, Robert Coover, Steven D. Scherf, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Publication number: 20240185868
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources of network streaming services are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first audio signal that represents a decompressed second audio signal, identifying, from the first audio signal, a parameter of an audio compression configuration used to form the decompressed second audio signal, and identifying a source of the decompressed second audio signal based on the identified audio compression configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Zafar Rafii, Markus Cremer, Bongjun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240134906
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve, based on a profile associated with a client device, selecting an audio file containing music. Based on an attribute of the audio file containing the music, an audio file containing a story may be selected. A playlist for the client device may be generated, where the playlist includes (i) a reference to the audio file containing the music, and (ii) a reference to the audio file containing the story. A server device may transmit the playlist to the client device over a wide area network. Reception of the playlist at the client device may cause an audio player application to retrieve and play out each of the audio file containing the music and the audio file containing the story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Rishabh Sharma, Markus Cremer
  • Patent number: 11948589
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources of network streaming services are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first audio signal that represents a decompressed second audio signal, identifying, from the first audio signal, a parameter of an audio compression configuration used to form the decompressed second audio signal, and identifying a source of the decompressed second audio signal based on the identified audio compression configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Zafar Rafii, Markus Cremer, Bongjun Kim
  • Patent number: 11921779
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve a server device transmitting, over a wide area network, a first playlist with a first duration to a client device. Possibly while the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first plurality of audio files in the playlist, the server device may receive an instruction from the client device and generate a second playlist. The second playlist may include references to a second plurality of audio files, where playout of the second plurality of audio files may have a duration that is less than the duration of the playout of the first plurality of audio files. The server device may transmit, over the wide area network, the second playlist to the client device. Reception of the second playlist at the client device may cause the audio player application to retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Rishabh Sharma, Markus Cremer
  • Publication number: 20240056635
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for playback using pre-processed profile information and personalization. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a synchronizer to, in response to receiving a media signal to be played on a playback device, access an equalization (EQ) profile corresponding to the media signal; an EQ personalization manager to generate a personalized EQ setting; and an EQ adjustment implementor to modify playback of the media signal on the playback device based on a blended equalization generation based on the EQ profile and the personalized EQ setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Coover, Cameron Aubrey Summers, Joseph Renner, Markus Cremer, Warren Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20240045649
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Cremer, Robert Coover, Steven D. Scherf, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Patent number: 11868396
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve, based on a profile associated with a client device, selecting an audio file containing music. Based on an attribute of the audio file containing the music, an audio file containing a story may be selected. A playlist for the client device may be generated, where the playlist includes (i) a reference to the audio file containing the music, and (ii) a reference to the audio file containing the story. A server device may transmit the playlist to the client device over a wide area network. Reception of the playlist at the client device may cause an audio player application to retrieve and play out each of the audio file containing the music and the audio file containing the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Rishabh Sharma, Markus Cremer
  • Patent number: 11792481
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for playback using pre-processed profile information and personalization. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a synchronizer to, in response to receiving a media signal to be played on a playback device, access an equalization (EQ) profile corresponding to the media signal; an EQ personalization manager to generate a personalized EQ setting; and an EQ adjustment implementor to modify playback of the media signal on the playback device based on a blended equalization generated based on the EQ profile and the personalized EQ setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Coover, Cameron Aubrey Summers, Joseph Renner, Markus Cremer, Warren Mansfield
  • Patent number: 11775250
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Cremer, Robert Coover, Steven D. Scherf, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Publication number: 20230308718
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization. Example instructions disclosed herein cause one or more processors to at least: detect an irregularity in a frequency representation of an audio signal in response to a change in volume between a set of frequency values exceeding a threshold; and adjust a volume at a first frequency value of the set of frequency values to reduce the irregularity..
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Renner, Robert Coover, Markus Cremer, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Publication number: 20230252999
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources of network streaming services are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a coding format identifier to identify, from a received first audio signal representing a decompressed second audio signal, an audio compression configuration used to compress a third audio signal to form the second audio signal, and a source identifier to identify a source of the second audio signal based on the identified audio compression configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Zafar Rafii, Markus Cremer, Bongjun Kim
  • Patent number: 11651776
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources of network streaming services are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a coding format identifier to identify, from a received first audio signal representing a decompressed second audio signal, an audio compression configuration used to compress a third audio signal to form the second audio signal, and a source identifier to identify a source of the second audio signal based on the identified audio compression configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Zafar Rafii, Markus Cremer, Bongjun Kim
  • Patent number: 11617009
    Abstract: A computing system compares various reference fingerprints each representing a reference media stream broadcast on a different respective known channel, and the computing system determines that a plurality of the reference fingerprints match each other, thus defining a multi-match group of the matching reference fingerprints. In response, the computing system identifies a fingerprint feature that could define a distinction between the reference fingerprints, and the computing system resolves the multi-match based on the identified feature, thereby determining the channel carrying the media stream being rendered by the media presentation device. And the computing system could then take channel-specific action based on the determined channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyung Lee, Dewey Ho Lee, Markus Cremer
  • Patent number: 11611800
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization. Example instructions disclosed herein cause one or more processors to at least: detect an irregularity in a frequency representation of an audio signal in response to a change in volume between a set of frequency values exceeding a threshold; and adjust a volume at a first frequency value of the set of frequency values to reduce the irregularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GRACENOTE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Renner, Robert Coover, Markus Cremer, Cameron Aubrey Summers
  • Publication number: 20230019226
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve a server device transmitting, over a wide area network, a first playlist with a first duration to a client device. Possibly while the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first plurality of audio files in the playlist, the server device may receive an instruction from the client device and generate a second playlist. The second playlist may include references to a second plurality of audio files, where playout of the second plurality of audio files may have a duration that is less than the duration of the playout of the first plurality of audio files. The server device may transmit, over the wide area network, the second playlist to the client device. Reception of the second playlist at the client device may cause the audio player application to retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Rishabh Sharma, Markus Cremer
  • Patent number: 11494435
    Abstract: An embodiment may involve a server device transmitting, over a wide area network, a first playlist with a first duration to a client device. Possibly while the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first plurality of audio files in the playlist, the server device may receive an instruction from the client device and generate a second playlist. The second playlist may include references to a second plurality of audio files, where playout of the second plurality of audio files may have a duration that is less than the duration of the playout of the first plurality of audio files. The server device may transmit, over the wide area network, the second playlist to the client device. Reception of the second playlist at the client device may cause the audio player application to retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Rishabh Sharma, Markus Cremer