Patents
US 8660895 B1: Method and system for rating of out-of-home digital media network based on automatic measurement
- Granted
- 2014-02-25
- Filed
- 2007-06-14 application 11818485
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for producing a set of ratings for out-of-home media based on the measurement of behavior patterns and demographics of the people in a digital media network. The present invention captures a plurality of input images of the people in the vicinity of sampled out-of-home media in a digital media network by a plurality of means for capturing images, and tracks each person. The present invention processes the plurality of input images in order to analyze the behavior and demographics of the people. The present invention aggregates the measurements for the behavior patterns and demographics of the people, analyzes the data, and extracts characteristic information based on the estimated parameters from the aggregated measurements. Finally, the present invention calculates a set of ratings based on the characteristic information. The plurality of computer vision technologies can comprise face detection, person tracking, body parts detection, and demographic classification of the people, on the captured visual information of the people in the vicinity of the out-of-home media.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140225.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoMining Corporation 54 patents | US company or organization | State College, PA | Videomining Corporation State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state VIDEOMINING CORP Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varij Saurabh | State College, PA | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeff Hershey | Norfolk, VA | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Satish Mummareddy | State College, PA | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Rajeev Sharma | State College, PA | 83 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Namsoon Jung | State College, PA | 45 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/0204 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-13 | Assignment Nunc pro tunc assignment | AVIGILON PATENT HOLDING 1 CORPORATION signed 2022-04-11 | MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. CHICAGO, IL | 62034/176 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2018-08-21 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | HSBC BANK CANADA signed 2018-08-13 | AVIGILON PATENT HOLDING 1 CORPORATION VANCOUVER | 46895/803 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2016-12-12 | Name change Change of name | 9051147 CANADA INC. signed 2015-11-20 | AVIGILON PATENT HOLDING 1 CORPORATION VANCOUVER | 40886/579 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-04-08 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | CANADA INC. signed 2015-04-07 | HSBC BANK CANADA VANCOUVER | 35387/176 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-02-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | VIDEOMINING CORPORATION signed 2014-12-15 | 9051147 CANADA INC. VANCOUVER | 35015/188 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-02-16 | Correction This submission is to correct an error in the receiving party's name in the cover sheet previously recorded at reel 021067, frame 0649. | HERSHEY, JEFF signed 2007-09-11 SHARMA, RAJEEV signed 2007-12-27 SAURABH, VARIJ signed 2008-04-16 JUNG, NAMSOON signed 2008-04-17 MUMMAREDDY, SATISH signed 2008-05-05 | VIDEOMINING CORPORATION STATE COLLEGE, PA | 35001/552 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2008-06-06 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HERSHEY, JEFF signed 2007-09-11 SHARMA, RAJEEV signed 2007-12-27 SAURABH, VARIJ signed 2008-04-16 JUNG, NAMSOON signed 2008-04-17 MUMMAREDDY, SATISH signed 2008-05-05 | VIDEO MINING CORPORATION STATE COLLEGE, PA | 21067/649 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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