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Methods for using extracted features to perform an action associated with selected identified image

  • US 10,621,226 B1
  • Filed: 10/28/2019
  • Issued: 04/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for associating an electronic work with an action, the electronic work comprising at least one of audio and video, the method comprising:

  • a) electronically extracting one or more features from a portion of the electronic work, wherein the features include a compact representation of the portion;

    b) electronically identifying, at the computer system, a first reference work related to the portion by comparing the one or more features extracted from the portion with reference features from a first plurality of reference works using a near neighbor search of reference features that identifies one or more matches to the portion but does not guarantee to identify an exact match to the portion, wherein the reference features from the first plurality of reference works are organized using a clustering technique to eliminate a second plurality of reference works from being searched;

    c) electronically determining an action information based on the identification of the electronic work, wherein the action information is related to an action to display an advertisement to be performed at a user electronic device; and

    d) in response to a request to access the electronic work by the user electronic device, providing, to the user electronic device, machine readable instructions for performance of the action.

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