Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 018207/0607
Security Agreement
Recorded: 2006-09-07
Pages: 105
Assignors
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC.
Executed: 2006-08-09
AC NIELSEN (US), INC.
Executed: 2006-08-09
BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS, LLC
Executed: 2006-08-09
VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.
Executed: 2006-08-09
Assignee
CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
390 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10013
Covered Properties
(113)
Television Proximity Sensor
Interactive Service Device Metering Systems
Patent:
7,607,147 →
Application:
08/763,750 →
Audience Measurement System for Digital Television
Application:
09/076,517 →
Use of Browser History File to Determine Web Site Reach
Audio Signature Extraction and Correlation
Application:
09/427,970 →
Detection of Entropy in Connection with Audio Signals
Patent:
7,466,742 →
Application:
09/553,776 →
Methods and Apparatus for Transcoding Metadata
Detecting a Composition of an Audience
Methods and Apparatus to Count People Appearing in an Image
Automated data collection for consumer driving-activity survey
Application:
10/211,997 →
Signature-Based Program Identification Apparatus and Methods for Use with Digital Broadcast Systems
Methods and Apparatus to Extract Codes from a Plurality of Channels
Digital Data Insertion Apparatus and Methods for Use with Compressed Audio/Video Data
Methods and apparatus to detect an operating state of a display
Method and Apparatus for Embedding Watermarks
Methods and Apparatus to Operate an Audience Metering Device with Voice Commands
Method and System for Market Research Data Mining
Patent:
7,512,542 →
Application:
09/329,487 →
Methods and apparatus for metering printed media
Application:
60/714,055 →
Methods and apparatus for metering computer-based video
Application:
60/720,391 →
Systems and methods to wirelessly meter audio/visual devices
Application:
60/749,443 →
Methods and apparatus to monitor media content on a consumer network
Application:
60/782,768 →
Display device on/off detection methods and apparatus
Application:
60/761,678 →
Display device on/off detection methods and apparatus
Application:
60/708,557 →
Methods and apparatus to recruit call center personnel
Application:
60/757,995 →
Methods and apparatus to recruit call center personnel
Application:
60/757,996 →
Multi-Market Broadcast Tracking, Management and Reporting Method and System
Remote Sensing System
Patent:
7,395,062 →
Application:
10/659,514 →
Method and apparatus for metering a portable media player
Application:
60/729,421 →
Methods and apparatus for metering a portable media player
Application:
60/786,196 →
Methods and apparatus for using radar to monitor audiences in media environments
Application:
60/781,625 →
Method and apparatus for identifying a digital audio signal
Application:
09/973,893 →
Publication:
US US20030131350A1
Methods and Apparatus for Identifying a Digital Audio Signal
Television Proximity Sensor
Apparatus and Method for Detecting and Correcting a Corrupted Broadcast Time Code
Source Detection Apparatus and Method for Audience Measurement
Interactive Service Device Metering Systems
Audience measurement system for digital television
Application:
09/909,224 →
Publication:
US US20020059577A1
Detection of Media Links in Broadcast Signals
Content Display Monitoring by a Processing System
Audio Signature Extraction and Correlation
Multi-band spectral audio encoding
Application:
11/100,291 →
Publication:
US US20050177361A1
Detection of Signal Modifications in Audio Streams with Embedded Code
Prompting of Audience Member Identification
Methods and Apparatus to Adaptively Select Sensor(S) to Gather Audience Measurement Data Based on a Variable System Factor and a Quantity of Data Collectable by the Sensors
Methods and Apparatus to Collect Audience Information Associated with a Media Presentation
Methods and Apparatus to Detect Content Skipping by a Consumer of a Recorded Program
Methods and apparatus to present survey information
Application:
10/530,233 →
Publication:
US US20060107195A1
Apparatus and Methods for Tracking and Analyzing Digital Recording Device Event Sequences
Multi-Market Broadcast Tracking, Management and Reporting Method and System
Methods and Apparatus to Distinguish a Signal Originating from a Local Device from a Broadcast Signal
Digital rights management systems and methods for audience measurement
Application:
60/810,745 →
Methods and Apparatus to Meter Content Consumption Using Closed Caption and Program Guide Information
Application:
60/804,893 →
Cooperative System for Measuring Electronic Media
Cooperative System for Measuring Electronic Media
Method and Apparatus for the Processing of Encoded Data in Conjunction with an Audio Broadcast
Patent:
5,379,345 →
Application:
08/011,209 →
Audience Measurement System and Method
Patent:
5,550,928 →
Application:
07/992,383 →
Audience Measurement System and Method
Patent:
5,771,307 →
Application:
08/576,467 →
Serial Data Channel Metering Attachment for Metering Channels to Which a Rereceiver Is Tuned
Patent:
5,488,408 →
Application:
08/215,899 →
Audience Measurement System Utilizing Ancillary Codes and Passive Signatures
Patent:
5,481,294 →
Application:
08/144,289 →
Program Monitoring System
Patent:
5,584,050 →
Application:
08/319,929 →
Real Time Correlation Meter
Patent:
5,594,934 →
Application:
08/309,804 →
In-Station Television Program Encoding and Monitoring System and Method
Patent:
5,450,122 →
Application:
07/796,008 →
Coded/Non-Coded Program Audience Measurement System
Patent:
6,647,548 →
Application:
08/709,180 →
Television Receiver Use Metering with Separte Program and Sync Detectors
Patent:
5,889,548 →
Application:
08/654,309 →
Source Detection Apparatus and Method for Audience Measurement
Patent:
6,675,383 →
Application:
08/786,270 →
Monitoring System for Recording Device
Tracking of Internet Advertisements Using Banner Tags
Patent:
6,434,614 →
Application:
09/086,813 →
Metering of Internet Content Using a Control
Patent:
6,327,619 →
Application:
09/111,963 →
Methods and Apparatus for Identifying the Source of a User Selected Signal via an Intermediate Frequency Probe
Patent:
6,523,175 →
Application:
09/365,378 →
Broadcast Encoding System and Method
Patent:
6,272,176 →
Application:
09/116,397 →
Broadcast Encoding System and Method
Broadcast Encoding System and Method
Broadcast Encoding System and Method
Spectral Audio Encoding
Patent:
7,006,555 →
Application:
09/428,425 →
Content Display Monitor
Patent:
6,108,637 →
Application:
08/707,279 →
Collection of Images in Web Use Reporting System
Method and System for the Discovery of Cookies and Other Client Information
Patent:
6,460,079 →
Application:
09/262,253 →
Method and System for the Collection of Cookies and Other Information from a Panel
Patent:
6,529,952 →
Application:
09/285,539 →
Multi-Band Spectral Audio Encoding
Patent:
6,968,564 →
Application:
09/543,480 →
Method for Encoding an Input Signal
Patent:
6,879,652 →
Application:
09/616,116 →
Metering of Internet Content Using a Control
Method and Apparatus for Determining Channel Reception of a Receiver
Patent:
4,876,736 →
Application:
07/100,198 →
Method and Apparatus for Identifying Individual Members of a Marketing and Viewing Audience
Patent:
4,930,011 →
Application:
07/227,187 →
Image Recognition System and Method
Patent:
5,031,228 →
Application:
07/244,492 →
Method and Apparatus for Determining Audience Viewing Habits, by Jamming a Control Signal and Identifying the Viewers Command
Patent:
4,972,503 →
Application:
07/391,136 →
Image Recognition Audience Measurement System and Method
Patent:
4,858,000 →
Application:
07/244,916 →
Method and System for Non-Invasively Identifying the Operational Status of a Vcr
Patent:
5,165,069 →
Application:
07/559,825 →
Automated Receiver Monitoring Method and Apparatus
Patent:
5,278,988 →
Application:
07/715,366 →
Method and Apparatus for Determining Channel to Which a Receiver Is Tuned
Patent:
5,305,464 →
Application:
07/862,985 →
Television Program Transmission Verification Method and Apparatus
Patent:
4,967,273 →
Application:
07/311,146 →
Television Program Transmission Verification Method and Apparatus
Patent:
4,805,020 →
Application:
07/010,974 →
Universal Broadcast Code and Multi-Level Encoded Signal Monitoring System
Patent:
5,526,427 →
Application:
08/351,760 →
Universal Broadcast Code and Multi-Level Encoded Signal Monitoring System
Patent:
5,425,100 →
Application:
08/279,271 →
Receiver Monitoring System with Local Encoding
Patent:
5,850,249 →
Application:
08/542,177 →
Apparatus and Method for Injecting an Ancillary Signal into a Low Energy Density Portion of a Color Television Frequency Spectrum
Patent:
5,629,739 →
Application:
08/399,187 →
Automated Data Collection for Consumer Driving-Activity Survey
Patent:
6,098,048 →
Application:
09/133,090 →
Method and Apparatus for Detecting Time-Compressed Broadcast Content
Method and Computer Program Product for Creating a Plurality of Mixed Pseudo-Records Composed of Weighted Mixtures of Existing Records in a Database
Patent:
5,845,284 →
Application:
08/760,909 →
Method, Computer Program Product, and System for a Reorienting Categorization Table
Patent:
5,842,218 →
Application:
08/761,592 →
Dynamic Rule Based Market Research Database
Patent:
6,484,158 →
Application:
08/994,958 →
Market Research Database Containing Separate Product and Naked Product Information
Patent:
6,092,069 →
Application:
08/994,924 →
Market Research Database Having Historical Control Designator
Patent:
6,078,922 →
Application:
08/995,126 →
Domino Scorekeeping Board and Storage Case
Patent:
388,002 →
Application:
29/066,211 →
Market Research Method and System for Collecting Retail Store and Shopper Market Research Data
Patent:
5,331,544 →
Application:
07/872,881 →
Market Research Method and System for Collecting Retail Store Market Research Data
Patent:
5,315,093 →
Application:
07/831,770 →
Marketing Research System and Method for Obtaining Retail Data on a Real Time Basis
Patent:
4,972,504 →
Application:
07/501,316 →
Broadcast Information Classification System and Method
Patent:
4,843,562 →
Application:
07/066,106 →
Signal Recognition System and Method
Patent:
5,210,820 →
Application:
07/517,835 →
Cooperative System for Measuring Eletronic Media
Patent:
6,353,929 →
Application:
08/880,371 →
Process and Circuit Arrangement for the Automatic Recognition of Signal Sequences
Patent:
4,918,730 →
Application:
07/210,932 →
Multi-Market Broadcast Tracking, Management and Reporting Method and System
Method and System for Inserting and Retrieving Data in an Audio Signal
Patent:
6,512,796 →
Application:
09/082,395 →
Method and Apparatus for Developing a Package of Media Advertising Spots
Patent:
6,338,043 →
Application:
09/203,160 →
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Other recorded transfers of the patents in this record — the chain of ownership.
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 23, 2006
From: RAMASWAMY, ARUN
To: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC.
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Supplemental Security Agreement
Jun 9, 2020
From: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION; ACNIELSEN ERATINGS.COM
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
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Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patents Listed on Schedule 1 Recorded on 6-9-2020 Previously Recorded on Reel 053473 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Supplemental Ip Security Agreement.
Oct 7, 2020
From: A.C. NIELSEN (ARGENTINA) S.A.; A.C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; ACN HOLDINGS INC.; ACNIELSEN CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A
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Release (Reel 018207 / Frame 0607)
Oct 13, 2022
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: VNU MARKETING INFORMATION, INC.; THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
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Security Agreement
Jan 31, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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Security Interest
Apr 28, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
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Security Interest
May 8, 2023
From: GRACENOTE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; GRACENOTE, INC.; TNC (US) HOLDINGS, INC.
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION
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Release (Reel 054066 / Frame 0064)
May 11, 2023
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC; EXELATE, INC.; GRACENOTE, INC.; GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC
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Release (Reel 053473 / Frame 0001)
May 11, 2023
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