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Patent US8761301 - Variable encoding and detection apparatus and methods - Google Patents
Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for media monitoring are disclosed. In particular, the example apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture determine a media source type associated with a media signal and select an encoding or decoding mode based on the media source type. An encoding...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8761301?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8761301 - Variable encoding and detection apparatus and methods
Publication number US8761301 B2
Application number US 13/776,402
Also published as US8406341, US9210416, US20080101454, US20130163658, US20140104435
Publication number 13776402, 776402, US 8761301 B2, US 8761301B2, US-B2-8761301, US8761301 B2, US8761301B2
Inventors Robert A. Luff, Weston P. Headley
Patent Citations (159), Non-Patent Citations (73), Classifications (14), Legal Events (3)
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U.S. Classification 375/295, 375/340, 375/240
Cooperative Classification H04N19/00, H04N17/00, H04N21/2383, H04N21/25891, H04N21/234309, H04N21/4382, H04N21/44222, H04N7/17309, H04N21/2343, H04N21/4348