Patents by Inventor William S. Yeager

William S. Yeager 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).

  • COMPARISON OF DATA SIGNALS USING CHARACTERISTIC ELECTRONIC THUMBPRINTS EXTRACTED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20130018614
    Abstract: A characteristic thumbprint is extracted from a data signal, the thumbprint based on statistics relating to the data signal. The data signal can be compared indirectly by matching this thumbprint against one or more reference thumbprints. The data signal may be any type of signal, including streaming digitized audio or obtained from static files. A database may contain a number of these characteristic thumbprints, and the database can be searched for a particular thumbprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Caruso, William S. Yeager, Nicholas Seet
  • COMPARISON OF DATA SIGNALS USING CHARACTERISTIC ELECTRONIC THUMBPRINTS EXTRACTED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20120191419
    Abstract: A characteristic thumbprint is extracted from a data signal, the thumbprint based on statistics relating to the data signal. The data signal can be compared indirectly by matching this thumbprint against one or more reference thumbprints. The data signal may be any type of signal, including streaming digitized audio or obtained from static files. A database may contain a number of these characteristic thumbprints, and the database can be searched for a particular thumbprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Caruso, William S. Yeager, Nicholas Seet
  • COMPARISON OF DATA SIGNALS USING CHARACTERISTIC ELECTRONIC THUMBPRINTS EXTRACTED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20110071796
    Abstract: A characteristic thumbprint is extracted from a data signal, the thumbprint based on statistics relating to the data signal. The data signal can be compared indirectly by matching this thumbprint against one or more reference thumbprints. The data signal may be any type of signal, including streaming digitized audio or obtained from static files. A database may contain a number of these characteristic thumbprints, and the database can be searched for a particular thumbprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: AUDITUDE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Caruso, William S. Yeager, Nicholas Seet
  • Comparison of Data Signals Using Characteristic Electronic Thumbprints Extracted Therefrom
    Publication number: 20090034807
    Abstract: A characteristic thumbprint is extracted from a data signal, the thumbprint based on statistics relating to the data signal. The data signal can be compared indirectly by matching this thumbprint against one or more reference thumbprints. The data signal may be any type of signal, including streaming digitized audio or obtained from static files. A database may contain a number of these characteristic thumbprints, and the database can be searched for a particular thumbprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: ID3MAN, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Caruso, William S. Yeager, Nicholas Seet
  • Comparison of data signals using characteristic electronic thumbprints
    Patent number: 7421376
    Abstract: A characteristic thumbprint is extracted from a data signal, the thumbprint based on statistics relating to the data signal. The data signal can be compared indirectly by matching this thumbprint against one or more reference thumbprints. The data signal may be any type of signal, including streaming digitized audio or obtained from static files. A database for containing a number of such thumbprints and methods for searching the database are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Auditude, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Caruso, William S. Yeager, Nicholas Seet