ALPHONSO INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150332687 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL TIME SHIFT - An system for determining time offset of an audio signature from a reference signature time stamp may have a server connected to one or more remote devices. The server may have a receiver connected to one of more communication channels configured to receive an audio signature generated by the remote device and transmitted over the communication channel. The system may have a database at or connected to the server that contains one or more reference audio signatures. Each of the reference audio signatures may have a time stamp also stored in the database. A query engine may compare the remote audio signature to one or more reference audio signatures stored in the database. A processor may be provided to compare a reference timestamp to a timestamp associated with said remote audio signature. The system may be used to evaluate viewing habits and particularly delayed viewing and program playback manipulation such as Fast-forward, slow-motion, skip, rewind and program abandonment. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332669 | EFFICIENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO SIGNATURE GENERATION USING MOTION - An automatic content recognition system that includes a user device for the purpose of capturing audio and generating an audio signature. The user device may be a smartphone or tablet. The system is also capable of determining whether a user device is in motion and refraining from audio monitoring and/or generating audio signatures when the user device is in motion. Motion may also be used to reduce the frequency of audio monitoring and/or signature generation. The system may have a database within the user device or the user device may communicate with a server having a database that contains reference audio signatures. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331938 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CO-LOCATION OF SERVICES - Automatic content recognition may be utilized to compare audio sampled by one remote user device to audio sampled by another remote user device. Comparisons that match with a sufficient level of confidence may permit a conclusion that the remote user devices are co-located. A remote user device may be associated with an individual or a location. The remote user device may be a device used to collect or process audio information. The remote user device may be a smart phone, tablet or other device. A remote user device may have a probe to collect information for use in automatic content recognition. The remote user device may generate device identification in the form of inaudible audio to assist in determining co-location. The processing may be more efficient by limiting the signature comparisons location and temporal proximate entries. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331661 | EFFICIENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO SIGNATURE GENERATION USING RECOGNITION HISTORY - An automatic content recognition system that includes a user device for the purpose of capturing audio and generating an audio signature. The user device may be a smartphone or tablet. The system is also capable of determining the conditions present at the time of capture of the audio information, environmental conditions. The environmental conditions may include one or more of day, date, time, location, network, motion, orientation, etc. The system may have a database within the user device or the user device may communicate with a server having a database that contains reference audio signatures. The system can identify conditions present at the time of capture of an audio signature that is an acceptable match to a reference audio signature and use the identified conditions to determine conditions under which the system will capture audio content and generate audio signatures. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331660 | EFFICIENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO SIGNATURE GENERATION USING AUDIO THRESHOLD - An automatic content recognition system that includes a user device for the purpose of capturing audio and generating an audio signature. The user device may be a smartphone or tablet. The system is also capable of determining sound level at a user device and refraining from audio monitoring and/or generating audio signatures when the sound level is below a threshold. Sound level may also be used to reduce the frequency of audio monitoring and/or signature generation. The system may have a database within the user device or the user device may communicate with a server having a database that contains reference audio signatures. | 11-19-2015 |