METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AFFILIATE INTERRUPT DETECTION

Organization Name

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

Inventor(s)

Jeremey M. Davis of New Port Richey FL (US)

David H. Wright of Safety Harbor FL (US)

Alexander Topchy of New Port Richey FL (US)

Cherisse Ponraj of Dunedin FL (US)

Chris Curtis of Palm Harbor FL (US)

Jonathan Chazen of Demarest NJ (US)

Markus Kurt Cremer of Orinda CA (US)

Sharmishtha Gupta of Fremont CA (US)

Jeffrey Scott of Oakland CA (US)

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AFFILIATE INTERRUPT DETECTION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240430505 titled 'METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AFFILIATE INTERRUPT DETECTION

Original Abstract Submitted

methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for affiliate interrupt detection. an example method disclosed herein includes determining whether a first time period of a first audio signal corresponds to a first affiliate interrupt period based on whether (1) a first type of watermark is detected in the first time period of the first audio signal, and (2) a second type of watermark is detected in the first audio signal outside the first time period but not in the first time period of the first audio signal, and determining whether the first time period of the first audio signal corresponds to the first affiliate interrupt period when watermarks are not detected in the first time period of the first audio signal based on comparison of first signatures with second signatures representing a corresponding first time period of a reference audio signal.