Patents by Inventor Richard C. Wardwell, III

Richard C. Wardwell, III 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).

  • System and method for monitoring and recognizing broadcast data
    Patent number: 8453170
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and recognizing audio broadcasts is described. The system includes a plurality of geographically distributed monitoring stations, each of the monitoring stations receiving unknown audio data from a plurality of audio broadcasts. A recognition system receives the unknown audio data from the plurality of monitoring stations and compares the unknown audio data against a database of signature files. The database of signature files, or index sets, corresponds to a library of known audio files, such that the recognition system is able to identify known audio files in the unknown audio stream as a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Landmark Digital Services LLC
    Inventors: Darren P. Briggs, Richard C. Wardwell, III