Sorenson Media and Veniam Digital Fingerprinting Patents

New patents are issued by the USPTO on Tuesdays. Both of today's Spotlight Patents concern aspects of digital fingerprinting.  Assigned to Sorenson Media, the first of this week's patents addresses techniques for frequency capping for media content. Assigned to Veniam, the second patent addresses techniques for vehicular positioning using adaptive wireless fingerprinting in a network of moving things including, for example, autonomous vehicles.

10,187,682, "Frequency capping for media content," assigned to Sorenson Media, Inc

Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a data processing device, a fingerprint of a media segment to be displayed on a media device and determining, by the data processing device, a number of times the media segment has been displayed on the media device based on the fingerprint. The method further includes determining, by the data processing device, whether the number of times the media segment has been displayed on the media device satisfies a threshold criterion. When the number of times the media segment has been displayed on the media device satisfies the threshold criterion, the method includes identifying, by the data processing device, an overlay content segment to be displayed on the electronic device in lieu of the media segment and instructing, by the data processing device, the media device to display the overlay content segment in lieu of the media segment.

10,187,751, "Systems and methods for vehicular positioning using adaptive wireless fingerprinting in a network of moving things including, for example, autonomous vehicles," assigned to Veniam, Inc.

Abstract

Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things). For example, systems and method for vehicular positioning based on wireless fingerprinting data in a network of moving things including, for example, autonomous vehicles.