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NIELSEN MEDIA RES INC
US·40 granted patents·5 pending applications·6,637 citations·filing 1995–2007
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45 records- 0199US6108637AContent display monitorNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 22, 2000·952 cites·65 claims
- 0298US7421723B2Detection of media links in broadcast signalsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 2, 2008·232 cites·9 claims
- 0398US7386473B2Content display monitoring by a processing systemNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 10, 2008·233 cites·136 claims
- 0497US6968564B1Multi-band spectral audio encodingNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 22, 2005·183 cites·14 claims
- 0597US6675383B1Source detection apparatus and method for audience measurementNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 6, 2004·249 cites·58 claims
- 0697US6621881B2Broadcast encoding system and methodNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 16, 2003·124 cites·12 claims
- 0797US6513161B2Monitoring system for recording deviceNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 28, 2003·106 cites·14 claims
- 0896US7460684B2Method and apparatus for embedding watermarksNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 2, 2008·74 cites·60 claims
- 0996US5771307AAudience measurement system and methodNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 23, 1998·556 cites·28 claims
- 1095US6418470B2Metering of internet content using a controlNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 9, 2002·107 cites·71 claims
- 1195US6272176B1Broadcast encoding system and methodNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 7, 2001·404 cites·39 claims
- 1295US5737025ACo-channel transmission of program signals and ancillary signalsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 7, 1998·261 cites·34 claims
- 1394US7680889B2Use of browser history file to determine web site reachNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 16, 2010·38 cites·14 claims
- 1494US7343615B2Television proximity sensorNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 11, 2008·26 cites·10 claims
- 1594US7203338B2Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an imageNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 10, 2007·112 cites·30 claims
- 1694US6647548B1Coded/non-coded program audience measurement systemNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 11, 2003·367 cites·37 claims
- 1793US7100181B2Television proximity sensorNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 29, 2006·72 cites·50 claims
- 1891US6523175B1Methods and apparatus for identifying the source of a user selected signal via an intermediate frequency probeNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 18, 2003·178 cites·24 claims
- 1991US6467089B1Audience measurement system incorporating a mobile handsetNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 15, 2002·373 cites·67 claims
- 2090US6879652B1Method for encoding an input signalNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 12, 2005·58 cites·17 claims
- 2189US7248777B2Methods and apparatus to detect content skipping by a consumer of a recorded programNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 24, 2007·32 cites·79 claims
- 2289US6504870B2Broadcast encoding system and methodNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 7, 2003·39 cites·14 claims
- 2389US6327619B1Metering of internet content using a controlNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 4, 2001·124 cites·36 claims
- 2489US5850249AReceiver monitoring system with local encodingNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 15, 1998·263 cites·64 claims
- 2588US7039931B2Multi-market broadcast tracking, management and reporting method and systemNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 2, 2006·56 cites·19 claims
- 2687US7353171B2Methods and apparatus to operate an audience metering device with voice commandsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 1, 2008·18 cites·27 claims
- 2787US5737026AVideo and data co-channel communication systemNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 7, 1998·118 cites·39 claims
- 2886US7006555B1Spectral audio encodingNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 28, 2006·165 cites·43 claims
- 2986US6901606B2Method and apparatus for detecting time-compressed broadcast contentNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 31, 2005·64 cites·11 claims
- 3083US5889548ATelevision receiver use metering with separate program and sync detectorsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 30, 1999·158 cites·24 claims
- 3182US7117513B2Apparatus and method for detecting and correcting a corrupted broadcast time codeNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 3, 2006·23 cites·68 claims
- 3282US6434614B1Tracking of internet advertisements using banner tagsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 13, 2002·303 cites·33 claims
- 3379US7421628B2Methods and apparatus to extract codes from a plurality of channelsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 2, 2008·6 cites·22 claims
- 3477US7523124B2Methods and apparatus for improving data warehouse performanceNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 21, 2009·10 cites·24 claims
- 3577US6807230B2Broadcast encoding system and methodNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 19, 2004·11 cites·6 claims
- 3675US6529952B1Method and system for the collection of cookies and other information from a panelNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 4, 2003·216 cites·25 claims
- 3774US6460079B1Method and system for the discovery of cookies and other client informationNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 1, 2002·203 cites·16 claims
- 3868US7466742B1Detection of entropy in connection with audio signalsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 16, 2008·15 cites·13 claims
- 3960US6510462B2Collection of images in Web use reporting systemNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 21, 2003·104 cites·36 claims
- 4056US7395062B1Remote sensing systemNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 1, 2008·4 cites·13 claims
- 4153US2004058675A1Coded/non-coded program audience measurement systemNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4252US2004181799A1Apparatus and method for measuring tuning of a digital broadcast receiverNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4350US2007186228A1Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of video-on-demand programsNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4450US2002010919A1Audience measurement system for digital televisionNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4550US2002059577A1Audience measurement system for digital televisionNIELSEN MEDIA RES INC·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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