Media monitoring, management and information system

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a monitoring site, a content comprising identification information that is imperceptibly and repeatedly embedded therein; processing the received content to extract multiple instances of the identification information having identical values; and estimating a temporal extent of the content in accordance with the multiple instances of the identification information having identical values, wherein estimating the temporal extent of the content comprises determining a spacing between at least two instances of the multiple instances of the identification information having identical values to ascertain whether the at least two of the multiple instances of the identification information belong to the same content clip.