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Set-top-box with integrated encoder/decoder for audience measurement

  • US 8,768,713 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2010
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for encoding media in a set-top-box configured to receive media at a set-top box input and process the received media for reproduction, comprising the steps of:

  • storing a message in the set-top-box;

    processing the received media in a frontend of the set-top box to demodulate the received media and produce an audio component; and

    encoding the audio component in the set-top-box with the stored message comprising one or more symbols, each of said symbols comprising a plurality of substantially single-frequency code components, and wherein the message is masked within the audio component, said encoding being performed prior to the reproduction of the received media via the set-top box.

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