93 results about "Media monitoring" patented technology

Systems, methods and devices for gathering data concerning media usage by predetermined audience members. An audience measurement code in acoustic energy produced by a media receiver is detected by a portable media monitor. The monitor also detects a location code produced in a vicinity of the media receiver.

A method and system of selectively communicating with one or more devices within pre-defined geographical zones is disclosed. A plurality of geographical zones is defined, each zone being defined by latitude and longitude attributes. A plurality of devices is associated with each geographical zone with which a portable device can communicate, the portable device having data representative of the plurality of geographical zones. The portable device also has a ground positioning unit receiver to obtain geographical coordinates of the portable device. If the portable device determines that its location is within one of the plurality of geographical zones, the portable device communicates with the devices in associated with the geographical zone.

Systems and methods for integrated media monitoring are disclosed. The present invention enables users to analyze how a product or service is being advertised or otherwise conveyed to the general public. Via strategically placed servers, the present invention captures multiple types and sources of media for storage and analysis. Analysis includes both closed captioning analysis and human monitoring. Media search parameters are received over a network and a near real-time hit list of occurrences of the parameters are produced and presented to a requesting user. Options for previewing and purchasing matching media segments are presented, along with corresponding reports and coverage analyses. Reports indicate the effectiveness of advertising, the tonality of editorials, and other information useful to a user looking to understand how a product or service is being conveyed to the public via the media.

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing business deals. The mechanisms and methods for managing business deals may enable embodiments to provide a dynamic and interactive user-interface including any combination of contacts, accounts, opportunities, allowing users to create tasks, events, leads (e.g., from Data.com), reports, dashboards, instant messenger, external deal spaces, email service (e.g., Outlook), a cloud-based productivity suite for businesses that allows work on any device (e.g., Google apps), mobile access, private messaging, lead management, mass email templates, social media monitoring (e.g., from Radian6), role-based sharing and security, and/or additional storage, for example. In an embodiment, the number of contacts may be unlimited.

Media monitoring and measurement systems and methods are disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a media measurement system and method that utilizes audience data to enhance content identifications. Some embodiments analyze media player log data to enhance content identification. Other embodiments of the present invention analyze sample sequence data to enhance content identifications. Other embodiments analyze sequence data to enhance content identification and/or to establish channel identification. Yet other embodiments provide a system and method in which sample construction and selection parameters are adjusted based upon identification results. Yet other embodiments provide a method in which play-altering activity of an audience member is deduced from content offset values of identifications corresponding to captured samples. Yet other embodiments provide a monitoring and measurement system in which a media monitoring device is adapted to receive a wireless or non-wireless audio signal from a media player, the audio signal also being received wirelessly by headphones of a user of the monitoring device.

Systems and methods are provided for monitoring transmissions of media content (such as audio and audiovisual content) in order to obtain independent and objective data regarding the use of specific media content recordings or works within the transmissions. Processing and reporting of such data is provided in various ways to serve a variety of business needs. Methods for employing content identification technology to efficiently and automatically obtain reliable, accurate, and precise monitoring data are also disclosed. Various information products and services based on such monitoring systems are proposed.

A method for integrated media monitoring is disclosed, wherein multiple forms of media are monitored and searched according to user defined criteria. The method may be used by a business to understand how a product or service is being received by the general public. Monitoring includes analysis of closed captioning data and human monitoring so as to provide a business with a full understanding of advertising and editorial effectiveness. A user provides media search parameters via a network, and a near real-time hit list is produced and presented to the requesting user. Options for previewing and purchasing matching media segments are presented, along with corresponding reports and coverage analyses. Previewing can occur via a streamed video format, whereas purchasing allows for high quality video download. Reports include information about how the product was conveyed, audience watching, and value to the business. Reports can be created by the system or by the user, formatted for presentation, purchased, and downloaded.

Information is generated in two or more media versions and provided to a user through a multi-media monitoring, mapping, and synchronization interface. The user's activity in either media version of the information is then monitored and mapped to the other media version of information and the two media versions are synchronized. Consequently, a user can transfer between two media versions of the same information easily and relatively seamlessly so that the information can be accessed and utilized in either media version efficiently and effectively without significant user action and at the appropriate location in either media version.

A digital telephone or an analog telephone system with VOIP conversion is linked into the surveillance system and transmissions therefrom are treated as an event requiring an emergency response from the system. The system supports integration of emergency telephone systems into a multi-media surveillance system to permit comprehensive and multiple responses to an event triggered by receipt of the emergency phone call transmission. The telephone transmission is captured and transmitted to a surveillance system processor. Upon receipt, the system can react with any of numerous responses. First, the telephone call is transmitted to a manned station and may be answered in the normal fashion with a live voice response. The receipt of the call also activates the entire system in the same manner as a triggering signal from any other sensor or appliance. In addition, various other responses may be activated, either manually or in a pre-programmed hierarchy.

A computer system such as a laptop or Personal Digital Assistant and a computer peripheral such as a mouse, keyboard, monitor and other new devices wherein the user can create, acquire, assemble, file and transmit media to a display enabled screen or screens on the systems, peripherals or new devices, enhancing personalization through added functionality.

Systems and/or methods are disclosed for measuring and/or controlling an amount of impurity that is dissolved within an immersion medium employed with immersion lithography. The impurity can be photoresist from a photoresist layer coated upon a substrate surface. A known grating structure is built upon the substrate. A real time immersion medium monitoring component facilitates measuring and/or controlling the amount of impurities dissolved within the immersion medium by utilizing light scattered from the known grating structure.

The invention discloses an intelligent analysis system for all-media detection and monitoring big data behaviors and relates to an all-media monitoring system. The intelligent analysis system comprises a public opinion collection layer, a public opinion processing layer and a public opinion presentation layer, wherein the public opinion collection layer is connected with the public opinion processing layer; the public opinion processing layer is presented by the public opinion presentation layer; in the public opinion collection layer, a distributed and oriented collection engine collects news, forums, blogs, micro blogs, print media, questions and answers and other public opinion information from the Internet, and stores the information into a distributed database and a file system. The intelligent analysis system realizes data content analysis, semantic analysis and descriptive analysis on media monitoring big data, builds a data analysis model based on media, a media big data structure and a content analysis multilevel description method, realizes functions of a super-large scale media data content conceptual analysis model and is an intelligent data behavior analysis system for understanding all-media data content.

The present invention is directed to a surveillance device that provides a wide range of monitoring and is adapted to log and transmit video, audio, collateral environment data, and event data over a network, utilizing a relatively low bandwidth and low power consumption, while maintaining a resolution and features that greatly enhance surveillance applications. The multimedia surveillance device of the present invention provides support for dynamic addressing, compression, auto-focus and alarm notification.

A system and method for falling back to a secondary network when there is insufficient quality on a primary network is disclosed. The present invention uses a PSTN as a fallback for the IP media when the IP network cannot pass the media acceptably and while continuing to use the IP network for call control and other features. In one embodiment, a call manager has a media monitoring module, a bypass module, a PSTN control module and a GUI module. Once a call has been established between endpoints using a primary IP network, the media monitoring module monitors for degradation in call quality. If degradation in call quality is detected, the GUI module presents an interface to the user that allows selection of the secondary network or the primary IP network for continuation of the call. If the user selected the secondary network, the bypass module is activated to transfer the data communication to a secondary network such as a PSTN while the call control continues to be over the primary network. The present invention also includes a variety of methods including a method for falling back to a secondary network and a method for dynamically switching between a primary and a secondary network to ensure call quality.

The invention relates to a method for constructing digital marks of data-flow monitoring broadcast media and a method for verifying the digital marks and a system for monitoring broadcast media. The system includes: a signal acquisition unit which is used for automatically tuning, searching and locking the streaming media data, a marking media unit which is used for constructing different detecting marks for the data-flow from the signal acquisition unit to adapt to different monitoring broadcast tasks and mark them in the streaming media data files, a monitoring unit which is deployed in the terminal broadcasting network nodes or the backbone network nodes according to their different functions to monitor the marks contained in the streaming media data, a category storing unit which is used for correcting, classifying and storing the codes output by the marking media unit and real-time detecting result by the monitoring unit, and a analyzing device which is used for statistical analysis, alarm and printing with a friendly interface.

A system and method for falling back to a secondary network when there is insufficient quality on a primary network is disclosed. The present invention uses a PSTN as a fallback for the IP media when the IP network cannot pass the media acceptably and while continuing to use the IP network for call control and other features. In one embodiment, a call controller has a media monitoring module, a bypass module and a PSTN control module. Once a call has been established between endpoints using a primary IP network, the media monitoring module monitors for degradation in call quality. If degradation in call quality is detected, the bypass module is activated to transfer the data communication to a secondary network such as a PSTN while the call control continues to be over the primary network. The present invention also includes a variety of methods including a method for falling back to a secondary network and a method for dynamically switching between a primary and a secondary network to ensure call quality.

The invention discloses an advertisement media monitoring system and method. In the advertisement media monitoring system, a device broadcast control terminal is used for broadcasting advertisements and shooting advertisement delivery pictures; a broadcast control cloud end is used for receiving advertisement placement pictures and advertisement placement information sent by the broadcast controlterminal of the equipment; an advertisement management system is used for receiving advertisement delivery pictures sent by the broadcast control cloud end; a picture management system is used for making the advertisement putting pictures into the last publication report and sending it to the advertiser, and the last publication report includes the planning information of the advertisement puttingpictures. The block chain is connected with the device broadcast control terminal, and is used for encrypting the advertisement putting picture and the advertisement putting information to generate the reference fingerprint code, encrypting the uploaded report of the advertiser to generate the verification fingerprint code, judging whether the reference fingerprint code exists in the verificationfingerprint code, and obtaining the verification result. The monitoring system and the monitoring method of the invention can accurately monitor whether an advertisement operator puts out advertisements according to the requirements of an advertiser, and accurately detect whether the advertisement operator cheats or not.

A multi-layer immersion medium monitoring system for a lithographic process monitors characteristics of an immersion medium of a semiconductor manufacturing process. The multi-layer immersion medium includes at least a first liquid of a first density (or viscosity) and a second liquid of a lower density (or viscosity), both of which are interspersed between a final optical component and a semiconductor layer. The higher density layer is provided to reduce turbulence in the immersion medium during the lithographic processes. A scatterometry system monitors optical characteristics of the multi-layer immersion medium to effectuate control of a lithographic process.

The nano polyaniline composite surface acoustic wave humidity sensor disclosed by the invention is composed of an interdigitated gold electrode element covered with a polymer nano humidity sensitive film and a vacuum-packed surface acoustic wave resonant element connected in series. It is prepared by a solution dipping process, and the preparation method is simple and the cost is low. The humidity sensor of the invention has the characteristics of wide humidity response range, high humidity sensitivity, fast response, good recovery, strong stability, and can be detected at room temperature. Especially in the low humidity range (relative humidity 4%~20%), it also has high response sensitivity and good response linearity, which can realize humidity detection in low humidity and dry environment. It can be widely used in many fields such as industrial and agricultural production process, medicine, warehousing, power system insulation medium monitoring, atmospheric environment monitoring, etc., to realize accurate measurement and control of environmental humidity.