Patents by Inventor Paul Mark Mears

Paul Mark Mears 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).

  • Method and apparatus for identifying a digital audio signal
    Publication number: 20030131350
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for identifying broadcast digital audio signals include structure and/or function whereby the digital audio signal is provided to processing structure which is configured to (i) identify a program-identifying code in the received digital audio signal, (ii) identify a program-identifying code in a decompressed received digital audio signal, (iii) identify a feature signature in the received digital audio signal, and (iv) identify a feature signature in the decompressed received digital audio signal. Preferably, such processing structure is disposed in a dwelling or a monitoring site in an audience measurement system, such as the Nielsen TV ratings system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: John C. Peiffer, Michael A. Hicks, David Howell Wright, Paul Mark Mears, Venugopal Srinivasan, Daozheng Lu, Paul C. Kempter