Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 063604/0001
Release (Reel 054525 / Frame 0001)
Recorded: 2023-05-11
Pages: 707
Assignor
CITIBANK, N.A.
Executed: 2022-10-11
Assignees
A. C. NIELSEN COMPANY, LLC
85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
EXELATE, INC.
85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
GRACENOTE, INC.
85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
GRACENOTE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC
85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
NETRATINGS, LLC
85 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
Covered Properties
(109)
Authorizing Devices Based on Identifying Content Distributor
PCT:
PCT/US2013/076201 ↗
Media Service
PCT:
PCT/US2014/066428 ↗
Dynamic Playout of Audible Punctuation in Connection with Playout of Playlist Content
PCT:
PCT/US2014/071206 ↗
Use of an Anticipated Travel Duration as a Basis to Generate a Playlist
PCT:
PCT/US2014/072652 ↗
Retrieval and Playout of Media Content
PCT:
PCT/US2014/072817 ↗
Content-Based Association of Device to User
PCT:
PCT/US2015/023430 ↗
Video Fingerprinting
PCT:
PCT/US2015/027117 ↗
Text Detection in Video
PCT:
PCT/US2015/032618 ↗
Automatic Content Recognition Fingerprint Sequence Matching
PCT:
PCT/US2016/028583 ↗
Automatic Content Recognition Fingerprint Sequence Matching
PCT:
PCT/US2016/029221 ↗
Detecting Channel Change in Automatic Content Recognition Fingerprint Matching
PCT:
PCT/US2016/034401 ↗
Dynamic Video Advertisement Replacement
PCT:
PCT/US2016/047203 ↗
Digital Overlay Offers on Connected Media Devices
PCT:
PCT/US2016/051532 ↗
Media Content Matching and Indexing
PCT:
PCT/US2016/053998 ↗
Generating and Distributing Playlists with Related Music and Stories
PCT:
PCT/US2016/066943 ↗
Generating and Distributing Playlists with Music and Stories Having Related Moods
PCT:
PCT/US2016/066961 ↗
Dynamic Video Overlays
PCT:
PCT/US2016/067250 ↗
Computing System with Channel-Change-Based Trigger Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2017/012336 ↗
Computing System with Content-Characteristic-Based Trigger Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2017/012338 ↗
Media Channel Identification with Video Multi-Match Detection and Disambiguation Based on Audio Fingerprint
PCT:
PCT/US2017/019908 ↗
Media Channel Identification with Multi-Match Detection and Disambiguation Based on Location
PCT:
PCT/US2017/019915 ↗
Media Channel Identification with Multi-Match Detection and Disambiguation Based on Single-Match
PCT:
PCT/US2017/019946 ↗
Media Channel Identification with Video Multi-Match Detection and Disambiguation Based on Time of Broadcast
PCT:
PCT/US2017/019949 ↗
Media Channel Identification and Action with Multi-Match Detection and Disambiguation Based on Matching with Differential Reference-Fingerprint Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2017/019974 ↗
MEDIA CHANNEL lDENTIFICATION AND ACTION WITH MULTI-MATCH DETECTION BASED ON REFERENCE STREAM COMPARISON
PCT:
PCT/US2017/019979 ↗
Method and System for Detecting and Responding to Changing of Media Channel
PCT:
PCT/US2017/020003 ↗
Fingerprint Layouts for Content Fingerprinting
PCT:
PCT/US2017/021690 ↗
Enabling Interactive Control of Live Television Broadcast Streams
PCT:
PCT/US2018/024165 ↗
Targeted Content Placement Using Overlays
PCT:
PCT/US2018/024756 ↗
Music Service with Motion Video
PCT:
PCT/US2018/025392 ↗
Generating a Video Presentation to Accompany Audio
PCT:
PCT/US2018/025397 ↗
Detecting and Responding to Rendering of Interactive Video Content
PCT:
PCT/US2018/032202 ↗
Frame Certainty for Automaric Content Recognition
PCT:
PCT/US2018/040371 ↗
Flagging Advertisement Frames for Automatic Content Recognition
PCT:
PCT/US2018/050184 ↗
Cold Matching by Automatic Content Recognition
PCT:
PCT/US2018/050230 ↗
Methods and Apparatus for Volume Adjustment
PCT:
PCT/US2019/012524 ↗
Methods and Apparatus for Campaign Mapping for Total Audience Measurement
PCT:
PCT/US2019/013303 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Create Opportunistic Network of Iot Collaboration Agents to Collect Data from Mobile Devices
PCT:
PCT/US2019/016675 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Extract a Pitch-Independent Timbre Attribute from a Media Signal
PCT:
PCT/US2019/021865 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Identify Signals Using a Low Power Watermark
PCT:
PCT/US2019/023441 ↗
Methods and Apparatus for Identification of Local Commercial Insertion Opportunities
PCT:
PCT/US2019/025595 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Determine Informed Holdouts for an Advertisement Campaign
PCT:
PCT/US2019/026298 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Identify Media Based on Watermarks Across Different Audio Streams and/or Different Watermarking Techniques
PCT:
PCT/US2019/034174 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Dynamically Generate Audio Signatures Adaptive to Circumstances Associated with Media Being Monitored
PCT:
PCT/US2019/035212 ↗
Dynamic Control of Fingerprinting Rate to Facilitate Time-Accurate Revision of Media Content
PCT:
PCT/US2019/035955 ↗
Dynamic Control of Fingerprinting Rate to Facilitate Time-Accurate Revision of Media Content
PCT:
PCT/US2019/035961 ↗
Advanced Preparation for Content Revision Based on Expected Latency in Obtaining New Content
PCT:
PCT/US2019/035967 ↗
Establishment and Use of Time Mapping Based on Interpolation Using Low-Mate Fingerprinting, to Help Facilitate Frame-Accurate Content Revision
PCT:
PCT/US2019/035973 ↗
Establishment and Use of Time Mapping Based on Interpolation Using Low-Rate Fingerprinting, to Help Facilitate Frame-Accurate Content Revision
PCT:
PCT/US2019/035974 ↗
Dynamic Playout of Transition Frames While Transitioning Between Playout of Media Streams
PCT:
PCT/US2019/035996 ↗
Dynamic Reduction in Playout of Replacement Content to Help Align End of Replacement Content with End of Replaced Content
PCT:
PCT/US2019/036001 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Extend a Timestamp Range Supported by a Watermark
PCT:
PCT/US2019/040171 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Extend a Timestamp Range Supported by a Watermark
PCT:
PCT/US2019/040172 ↗
Modifying Playback of Replacement Content Responsive to Detection of Remote Control Signals That Modify Operation of the Playback Device
PCT:
PCT/US2019/040546 ↗
Modifying Playback of Replacement Content Responsive to Detection of Remote Control Signals That Control a Device Providing Video to the Playback Device
PCT:
PCT/US2019/040550 ↗
Modifying Playback of Replacement Content Based on Control Messages
PCT:
PCT/US2019/040553 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Monitor Haptic Vibrations of Touchscreens
PCT:
PCT/US2019/042174 ↗
Electrodes and Electrode Units for Gathering Electroencephalographic Data
PCT:
PCT/US2019/042937 ↗
Vehicle-Based Media System with Audio Ad and Visual Content Synchronization Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2019/043078 ↗
Vehicle-Based Media System with Audio Ad and Navigation-Related Action Synchronization Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2019/043083 ↗
Vehicle-Based Media System with Audio Advertisement and External-Device Action Synchronization Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2019/043085 ↗
Audio Playout Report for Ride-Sharing Session
PCT:
PCT/US2019/043088 ↗
Tagging an Image with Audio-Related Metadata
PCT:
PCT/US2019/043089 ↗
Media Identification Using Watermarks and Signatures
PCT:
PCT/US2019/048110 ↗
Systems, Methods, and Apparatus to Improve Media Identification
PCT:
PCT/US2019/049357 ↗
Methods and Apparatus for Efficient Media Indexing
PCT:
PCT/US2019/049747 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Fingerprint an Audio Signal via Normalization
PCT:
PCT/US2019/049953 ↗
Methods and Apparatus for Dynamic Volume Adjustment via Audio Classification
PCT:
PCT/US2019/050080 ↗
Methods, Systems, Articles of Manufacture and Apparatus to Privatize Consumer Data
PCT:
PCT/US2019/050201 ↗
Detection of Mute and Compensation Therefor During Media Replacement Event
PCT:
PCT/US2019/054798 ↗
Neural Network Processing of Return Path Data to Estimate Household Demographics
PCT:
PCT/US2019/055196 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Adjust Audio Playback Settings Based on Analysis of Audio Characteristics
PCT:
PCT/US2019/057736 ↗
Multi-Market Calibration of Convenience Panel Data to Reduce Behavioral Biases
PCT:
PCT/US2019/058829 ↗
Methods, Systems, Articles of Manufacture and Apparatus to Determine Component Lifts from Overlapping Stimuli
PCT:
PCT/US2019/059839 ↗
Detection of Media Playback Loudness Level and Corresponding Adjustment to Audio During Media Replacement Event
PCT:
PCT/US2019/059882 ↗
Monitoring Loudness Level During Media Replacement Event Using Shorter Time Constant
PCT:
PCT/US2019/061632 ↗
Detection of Volume Adjustments During Media Replacement Events Using Loudness Level Profiles
PCT:
PCT/US2019/061633 ↗
Flexible Commercial Monitoring
PCT:
PCT/US2019/063054 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Identify Media Presentations by Analyzing Network Traffic
PCT:
PCT/US2019/063468 ↗
Media Presentation Device with Voice Command Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2019/064110 ↗
Multiple Scrambled Layers for Audio Watermarking
PCT:
PCT/US2019/065691 ↗
Methods, Systems, Articles of Manufacture and Apparatus to Determine Advertisement Campaign Effectiveness Using Covariate Matching
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066593 ↗
Methods and Apparatus for Optimizing Station Reference Fingerprint Loading Using Reference Watermarks
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066605 ↗
Methods and Apparatus for a Window-Metric Rule
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066607 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Monitor Streaming Media Content
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066609 ↗
Methods and Apparatus to Optimize Reference Signature Matching Using Watermark Matching
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066611 ↗
Apparatus and Methods for Watermarking Using Starting Phase Modulation
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066612 ↗
Dynamic Bit Line Voltage and Sensing Time Enhanced Read for Data Recovery
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066718 ↗
Apparatus and Methods to Associate Different Watermarks Detected in Media
PCT:
PCT/US2019/066915 ↗
Generation of Media Station Previews Using a Reference Database
PCT:
PCT/US2019/068521 ↗
Generation of Media Station Previews Using a Secondary Tuner
PCT:
PCT/US2019/068932 ↗
Methods and Systems for Sport Data Extraction
PCT:
PCT/US2020/014871 ↗
Methods and Systems for Scoreboard Region Detection
PCT:
PCT/US2020/014872 ↗
Methods and Systems for Scoreboard Text Region Detection
PCT:
PCT/US2020/014873 ↗
Methods and Systems for Extracting Sport-Related Information from Digital Video Frames
PCT:
PCT/US2020/014874 ↗
Methods and Systems for Determining Accuracy of Sport-Related Information Extracted from Digital Video Frames
PCT:
PCT/US2020/014875 ↗
Dynamic Watermarking of Media Based on Transport-Stream Metadata, to Facilitate Action by Downstream Entity
PCT:
PCT/US2020/017665 ↗
Content-Modification System with Responsive Transmission of Reference Fingerprint Data Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032106 ↗
Content-Modification System with Geographic Area-Based Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032110 ↗
Content-Modification System with Fingerprint Data Mismatch and Responsive Action Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032113 ↗
Content-Modification System with Transmission Delay-Based Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032118 ↗
Content-Modification System with Geographic Area-Based Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032122 ↗
Content-Modification System with Fingerprint Data Match and Mismatch Detection Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032127 ↗
Content-Modification System with Use of Multiple Fingerprint Data Types Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032133 ↗
Content-Modification System with Issue Detection and Responsive Action Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032135 ↗
Content-Modification System with Volume Level Adjustment Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032138 ↗
Content-Modification System with Responsive Transmission of Reference Fingerprint Data Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032139 ↗
Content-Modification System with Geographic Area-Based Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032143 ↗
Content-Modification System with Responsive Transmission of Reference Fingerprint Data Feature
PCT:
PCT/US2020/032350 ↗
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Security Agreement
Mar 23, 2015
From: GRACENOTE, INC.; TRIBUNE BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC; TRIBUNE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
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Security Agreement
Aug 14, 2015
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Aug 14, 2015
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Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Feb 8, 2017
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To: GRACENOTE, INC.; CASTTV INC.; TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES, LLC; TRIBUNE DIGITAL VENTURES, LLC
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 8, 2018
From: CREMER, MARKUS K; DUNKER, PETER; SCHERF, STEVEN D.; PEARCE, DAVID HENRY
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 5, 2018
From: CHEN, JUIKUN
To: SORENSON MEDIA, INC.
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 5, 2018
From: CHEN, JUIKUN
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Nov 5, 2018
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Nov 6, 2018
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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