Method and apparatus for automatic detection and identification of unidentified broadcast audio or video signals
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1. A method of detecting broadcast content comprising:
- Digitally sampling at least one broadcast signal;
Calculating a set of features from said sampled broadcast signals;
Storing said features in a computer database;
Detecting self-similarities between sequences of features stored in the database.
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Abstract
A system and method of detecting unidentified broadcast electronic media content using a self-similarity technique is presented. The process and system catalogues repeated instances of content that has not be positively identified, but are sufficiently similar as to infer repetitive broadcasts. These catalogued instances may be further processed on the basis of different broadcast channels, sources, geographic locations of broadcasts or format to further assist the identification thereof.
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1. A method of detecting broadcast content comprising:
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Digitally sampling at least one broadcast signal;
Calculating a set of features from said sampled broadcast signals;
Storing said features in a computer database;
Detecting self-similarities between sequences of features stored in the database.
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2. A method executed by a digital signal processing system for detecting at least two substantially similar instances of the same piece of unregistered program in one or more broadcast signals comprising:
determining whether two or more unregistered portions of said one or more broadcast signals is sufficiently similar to each other. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 60)
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19. A method executed by a digital signal processing system for detecting self-similar repetition in a broadcast signal comprising:
detecting a thread comprising a sequence of one or more portions of a first unregistered piece of programming, where each substantially consecutive portion of the first unregistered piece is determined to be sufficiently similar to a corresponding substantially consecutive portion of a second unregistered piece of unregistered programming. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method executed by a digital signal processing system for detecting self-similar repetition in a broadcast signal comprising:
detecting insufficient self-similarities between two non-overlapping pieces of unregistered programming of a broadcast signal by determining the number of pairs of insufficiently self-similar corresponding portions from each of the two pieces of unregistered programming, wherein said pairs of insufficiently self-similar corresponding portions substantially succeed a substantial number of substantially consecutive pairs of sufficiently self-similar corresponding portions. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A digital signal processing system for detecting at least two substantially similar instances of the same piece of unregistered program in one or more broadcast signals comprising:
a detection means adapted for detecting whether two or more unregistered portions of said one or more broadcast signals is sufficiently self-similar. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A digital signal processing system for detecting self-similar repetition in a broadcast signal comprising:
a detection means adapted for detecting a thread comprising a sequence of one or more portions of a first unregistered piece of programming, where each consecutive portion of the first unregistered piece is determined to be sufficiently similar to a corresponding substantially consecutive portion in a second unregistered piece of unregistered programming. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54)
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55. A digital signal processing system for detecting self-similar repetition in a broadcast signal comprising:
detection means adapted for detecting insufficient self-similarities between two non-overlapping pieces of unregistered programming of a broadcast signal by determining the number of pairs of insufficiently self-similar corresponding portions from each of the two pieces of unregistered programming, wherein said pairs of insufficiently self-similar corresponding portions substantially succeed a substantial number of substantially consecutive pairs of sufficiently self-similar corresponding portions. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59)
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