Method and device for monitoring and analyzing signals
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Abstract
A method and system for monitoring and analyzing at least one signal are disclosed. An abstract of at least one reference signal is generated and stored in a reference database. An abstract of a query signal to be analyzed is then generated so that the abstract of the query signal can be compared to the abstracts stored in the reference database for a match. The method and system may optionally be used to record information about the query signals, the number of matches recorded, and other useful information about the query signals. Moreover, the method by which abstracts are generated can be programmable based upon selectable criteria. The system can also be programmed with error control software so as to avoid the re-occurrence of a query signal that matches more than one signal stored in the reference database.
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99 Claims
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74. A system for analyzing at least one reference signal comprising:
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a first input that receives at least one reference signal to be analyzed; a first processor that creates an abstract of each reference signal input to said first processor through said first input wherein the abstract comprises signal characteristic parameters configured to differentiate between versions of said reference signal; at least one reference database for storing at least one abstract; a receiver that receives at least one query signal; a second processor that creates an abstract of said query signal received by said receiver, based on the parameters; and a comparing device that compares the created query signal abstract to the reference signal abstracts in the at least one database, each abstract in the at least one reference database corresponding to a version of a reference signal, to determine whether the query signal abstract matches any of the stored at least one abstract in the at least one reference database. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A system for analyzing and identifying at least one reference signal, comprising:
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a first input for receiving at least one reference signal to be identified, a first processor for creating an abstract of each reference signal received based on perceptual characteristics representative of parameters to differentiate between versions of the reference signal; a reference database for storing abstracts of each reference signal received in a database; a second input for receiving at least one query signal to be identified, a second processor for creating an abstract of the received query signal based on the parameters; and a comparing device for comparing an abstract of said received query signal to the abstracts stored in the database to determine if the abstract of said received query signal is related to any of the stored abstracts. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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97. A system for analyzing a plurality of reference signals comprising:
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a first input that receives a plurality of reference signals to be analyzed; a first processor that creates an abstract for each of the plurality of reference signals input to said first processor through said first input wherein the abstract comprises signal characteristic parameters configured to differentiate between versions of at least one reference signal; at least one reference database for storing the plurality of created abstracts; a receiver for receiving a query signal; a second processor that creates an abstract of said query signal received by said receiver, based on the parameters; and a comparing device that compares the created query signal abstract to the abstracts stored in the at least one database, to determine whether the query signal abstract matches any of the stored abstracts in the at least one reference database. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99)
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