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Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify sources...
Patent number
11,948,589
Issue date
Apr 2, 2024
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Audio identification based on data structure
Patent number
11,907,288
Issue date
Feb 20, 2024
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for harmonic source enhancement
Patent number
11,847,998
Issue date
Dec 19, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to extract a pitch-independent timbre attribu...
Patent number
11,749,244
Issue date
Sep 5, 2023
The Nielson Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Audio content recognition method and system
Patent number
11,727,953
Issue date
Aug 15, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Alexander Berrian
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to improve detection of audio signatures
Patent number
11,656,318
Issue date
May 23, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources...
Patent number
11,651,776
Issue date
May 16, 2023
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for harmonic source enhancement
Patent number
11,574,618
Issue date
Feb 7, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to control lighting effects
Patent number
11,470,700
Issue date
Oct 11, 2022
Gracenote INC
Markus Kurt Cremer
F21 - LIGHTING
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Automated cover song identification
Patent number
11,461,390
Issue date
Oct 4, 2022
Gracenote, Inc.
Markus K. Cremer
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to identify sources of network streaming serv...
Patent number
11,430,454
Issue date
Aug 30, 2022
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Audio matching based on harmonogram
Patent number
11,366,850
Issue date
Jun 21, 2022
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to improve detection of audio signatures
Patent number
11,226,396
Issue date
Jan 18, 2022
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to control lighting effects
Patent number
11,071,182
Issue date
Jul 20, 2021
Gracenote, Inc.
Markus Kurt Cremer
F21 - LIGHTING
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Patent Grant
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify sources...
Patent number
11,049,507
Issue date
Jun 29, 2021
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to extract a pitch-independent timbre attribu...
Patent number
10,902,831
Issue date
Jan 26, 2021
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Automated cover song identification
Patent number
10,803,119
Issue date
Oct 13, 2020
Gracenote, Inc.
Markus K. Cremer
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to identify sources...
Patent number
10,733,998
Issue date
Aug 4, 2020
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to perform windowed sliding transforms
Patent number
10,726,852
Issue date
Jul 28, 2020
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Audio identification based on data structure
Patent number
10,713,296
Issue date
Jul 14, 2020
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Audio matching based on harmonogram
Patent number
10,698,948
Issue date
Jun 30, 2020
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to perform windowed sliding transforms
Patent number
10,692,507
Issue date
Jun 23, 2020
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to perform windowed sliding transforms
Patent number
10,629,213
Issue date
Apr 21, 2020
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to extract a pitch-independent timbre attribu...
Patent number
10,629,178
Issue date
Apr 21, 2020
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to extract a pitch-independent timbre attribu...
Patent number
10,482,863
Issue date
Nov 19, 2019
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Audio matching based on harmonogram
Patent number
10,282,471
Issue date
May 7, 2019
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus to extract a pitch-independent timbre attribu...
Patent number
10,186,247
Issue date
Jan 22, 2019
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Grant
Audio matching based on harmonogram
Patent number
9,501,568
Issue date
Nov 22, 2016
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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AUDIO IDENTIFICATION BASED ON DATA STRUCTURE
Publication number
20240160665
Publication date
May 16, 2024
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
Methods and Apparatus for Harmonic Source Enhancement
Publication number
20240062738
Publication date
Feb 22, 2024
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXTRACT A PITCH-INDEPENDENT TIMBRE ATTRIBU...
Publication number
20230368761
Publication date
Nov 16, 2023
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Application
AUDIO CONTENT RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM
Publication number
20230326479
Publication date
Oct 12, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Alexander Berrian
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Application
METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO IDENTIFY SOURCES...
Publication number
20230252999
Publication date
Aug 10, 2023
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Application
Methods and Apparatus to Improve Detection of Audio Signatures
Publication number
20230243918
Publication date
Aug 3, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
Methods and Apparatus for Harmonic Source Enhancement
Publication number
20230088351
Publication date
Mar 23, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
AUTOMATED COVER SONG IDENTIFICATION
Publication number
20230008776
Publication date
Jan 12, 2023
Gracenote, Inc.
Markus K. Cremer
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL LIGHTING EFFECTS
Publication number
20220418064
Publication date
Dec 29, 2022
Gracenote Inc.
Markus Kurt Cremer
F21 - LIGHTING
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Patent Application
AUDIO CONTENT RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM
Publication number
20220208214
Publication date
Jun 30, 2022
Gracenote, Inc.
Alexander Berrian
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Application
COVER SONG IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM
Publication number
20220208217
Publication date
Jun 30, 2022
Gracenote, Inc.
Xiaochen Liu
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE DETECTION OF AUDIO SIGNATURES
Publication number
20220091223
Publication date
Mar 24, 2022
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information
Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL LIGHTING EFFECTS
Publication number
20210352787
Publication date
Nov 11, 2021
Gracenote Inc.
Markus Kurt Cremer
F21 - LIGHTING
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HARMONIC SOURCE ENHANCEMENT
Publication number
20210327400
Publication date
Oct 21, 2021
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO IDENTIFY SOURCES...
Publication number
20210327444
Publication date
Oct 21, 2021
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information
Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL LIGHTING EFFECTS
Publication number
20210160975
Publication date
May 27, 2021
Gracenote Inc.
Markus Kurt Cremer
F21 - LIGHTING
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXTRACT A PITCH-INDEPENDENT TIMBRE ATTRIBU...
Publication number
20210151021
Publication date
May 20, 2021
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information
Patent Application
AUTOMATED COVER SONG IDENTIFICATION
Publication number
20210034665
Publication date
Feb 4, 2021
Gracenote, Inc.
Markus K. Cremer
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO IDENTIFY SOURCES...
Publication number
20210027792
Publication date
Jan 28, 2021
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE DETECTION OF AUDIO SIGNATURES
Publication number
20200408874
Publication date
Dec 31, 2020
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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Patent Application
AUDIO IDENTIFICATION BASED ON DATA STRUCTURE
Publication number
20200342024
Publication date
Oct 29, 2020
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
AUDIO MATCHING BASED ON HARMONOGRAM
Publication number
20200327159
Publication date
Oct 15, 2020
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information
Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF NETWORK STREAMING SERV...
Publication number
20200234722
Publication date
Jul 23, 2020
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information
Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXTRACT A PITCH-INDEPENDENT TIMBRE ATTRIBU...
Publication number
20200219473
Publication date
Jul 9, 2020
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information
Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FINGERPRINT AN AUDIO SIGNAL VIA NORMALIZATION
Publication number
20200082835
Publication date
Mar 12, 2020
Gracenote, Inc.
Robert Coover
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXTRACT A PITCH-INDEPENDENT TIMBRE ATTRIBU...
Publication number
20200051538
Publication date
Feb 13, 2020
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information
Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO EXTRACT A PITCH-INDEPENDENT TIMBRE ATTRIBU...
Publication number
20190287506
Publication date
Sep 19, 2019
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS
Information
Patent Application
AUDIO MATCHING BASED ON HARMONOGRAM
Publication number
20190258668
Publication date
Aug 22, 2019
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM WINDOWED SLIDING TRANSFORMS
Publication number
20190259391
Publication date
Aug 22, 2019
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Zafar Rafii
G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information
Patent Application
METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO IDENTIFY SOURCES...
Publication number
20190139559
Publication date
May 9, 2019
Gracenote, Inc.
Zafar Rafii
G10 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ACOUSTICS