Source detection apparatus and method for audience measurement

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7958526
APP PUB NO 20100333126A1
SERIAL NO

12823374

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A system identifies which of first and second signal sources is supplying a program signal to a monitored receiver. The first and second signal sources and the monitored receiver are located in a household. The system extracts a reference program signature representative of an output of the monitored receiver and first and second source program signatures representative of an output of the first and second signal sources. The system identifies which of the first and second signal sources is a source of the program signal in response to the reference program signature and the first and second source program signatures.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US) LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY150 NORTH MARTINGALE ROAD SCHAUMBURG IL 60173

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lu, Daozheng Dunedin, US 45 9582
Wheeler, Henry B St. Petersburg, US 8 975

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