Method and device for monitoring and analyzing signals
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1. An electronic system for monitoring and analyzing at least one signal, comprising:
- a first input that receives at least one reference signal to be monitored,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 a plurality of versions of the reference signal;
a second input that receives at least one query signal to be analyzed,a second processor that creates an abstract of each query signal wherein the abstract comprises signal characteristic parameters of the query signal;
a reference database that stores abstracts of each at least one reference signal;
a comparing device that compares an abstract of said at least one query signal to the abstracts stored in the reference database to determine if the abstract of said at least one query signal matches any of the stored abstracts wherein a match indicates the query signal is a version of at least one of the reference 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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52 Claims
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1. An electronic system for monitoring and analyzing at least one signal, comprising:
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a first input that receives at least one reference signal to be monitored, 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 a plurality of versions of the reference signal; a second input that receives at least one query signal to be analyzed, a second processor that creates an abstract of each query signal wherein the abstract comprises signal characteristic parameters of the query signal; a reference database that stores abstracts of each at least one reference signal; a comparing device that compares an abstract of said at least one query signal to the abstracts stored in the reference database to determine if the abstract of said at least one query signal matches any of the stored abstracts wherein a match indicates the query signal is a version of at least one of the reference signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for monitoring the distribution of data signals, comprising:
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creating an abstract for a data signal wherein the data signal abstract comprises signal characteristic parameters configured to differentiate between a plurality of versions of the data signal; storing the data signal abstract in at least one reference database; receiving a query signal; creating an abstract for the query signal based on the parameters; comparing the created query signal abstract to the at least one database of data signal abstracts, each abstract in the at least one database corresponding to a version of the data signal; and determining whether the query signal abstract matches any of the stored data signal abstracts in the at least one database to enable authorized transmission or use of the query signal for the query signal abstract based on whether a match was determined. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for identifying and distributing signals, comprising:
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a first input that receives a query abstract of a signal to identify; a database containing a plurality of signal abstracts, the plurality of signal abstracts each associated with a corresponding signal wherein each of the plurality of the signal abstracts retains a perceptual relationship with the corresponding signal; a comparing device that compares the query abstract to the plurality of abstracts stored in the reference database to identify a matching signal abstract; and a device for retrieving the signal corresponding to the matching signal abstract; and a device for conducting a transaction, the transaction selected from the group consisting of a download and a subscription. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A process for analyzing and identifying at least one signal, comprising:
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receiving at least one reference signal to be identified, creating an abstract of each reference signal received based on perceptual characteristics representative of parameters to differentiate between versions of the reference signal; storing abstracts of each reference signal received in a database; receiving at least one query signal to be identified, creating an abstract of the received query signal based on the parameters; and 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 (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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