APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING FUNCTIONS IN PROCESSING DEVICES USING ENCODED AUDIO AND AUDIO SIGNATURES

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13341272

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Apparatus, system and method for accessing supplementary data and/or executing software on a device capable of receiving multimedia are disclosed. After multimedia is received, ancillary code is detected and a signature is concurrently extracted from an audio portion of the multimedia. The ancillary code includes a plurality of code symbols arranged in a plurality of layers in a predetermined time period, and the signature is extracted from features of the audio of the multimedia. Supplementary data is accessed and/or software is executed using the detected code an/or signature.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US) LLC85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK NY 10004

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
BOLLES, JASON Highland, US 5 196
KELLY, JOHN Westminster, US 184 3343
LYNCH, WENDELL East Lansing, US 48 1633
MCKENNA, WILLIAM JOHN Columbia, US 5 179
NEUHAUSER, ALAN Silver Spring, US 53 1455
STAVROPOULOS, JOHN Edison, US 64 1485

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