Methods and apparatus to perform audio watermarking and watermark detection and extraction

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PATENT NO 9972332
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15269158

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Encoding and decoding methods and apparatus are described. An example method is described for embedding information into audio by determining a first set of frequency components to represent a synchronization block, the synchronization block representing one of a plurality of different message types, one frequency component from each set of frequency components being located in a respective code band, and spacing between adjacent code bands is equal to or less than the spacing between adjacent frequency components of each code band. Determining amplitudes of respective ones of the first set of frequency components representing the synchronization block based on a masking ability of an audio block of the audio. Synthesizing the first set of frequency components representing the synchronization block to determine a first set of synthesized code frequency components, based on the determined amplitudes. Combining the first set of synthesized code frequency components with the audio block.

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Ramaswamy, Arun Tampa, US 262 10305
Srinivasan, Venugopal Palm Harbor, US 207 5897
Topchy, Alexander Pavlovich New Port Richey, US 31 1087

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