Activating functions in processing devices using start codes embedded in audio

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8959016
APP PUB NO 20120203559A1
SERIAL NO

13341365

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Apparatus, system and method for performing an action such as accessing supplementary data and/or executing software on a device capable of receiving multimedia are disclosed. After multimedia is received, a monitoring code is detected and a signature is extracted in response thereto from an audio portion of the multimedia. The ancillary code includes a plurality of code symbols arranged in a plurality of layers in a predetermined time period, and the signature is extracted from features of the audio of the multimedia. Supplementary data is accessed and/or software is executed using the detected code and/or signature.

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  • THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC;NIELSEN HOLDINGS N.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bolles, Jason Columbia, US 5 189
Kelly, John Columbia, US 175 2986
Lynch, Wendell East Lansing, US 48 1522
McKenna, William Columbia, US 16 272
Neuhauser, Alan Silver Spring, US 53 1355
Stavropoulos, John Edison, US 61 1376

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