Content Identification Through Deriving Identifiers from Video, Images and Audio
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an identifier from a content processor that derives the identifier from sample values representing an audio or image media object;
providing the identifier to a remote database via the internet;
receiving from the database at least some information from a profile associated with a proprietor of the audio or image media object.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to obtaining information from a profile associated with a proprietor of a media object (e.g., video, images and/or audio), where the proprietor may change information within the profile from time to time. One claim recites a method including: receiving an identifier via the internet from a device including or communicating with a content processor that derives the identifier from sample values representing audio portions of a media object or from sample values representing picture portions of the media object; utilizing the identifier to interrogate a database; obtaining from the database at least some information from a profile associated with a proprietor of the media object, wherein the database is configured to allow a proprietor to change information within the profile; and providing the at least some information from the profile associated with the proprietor of the media object to a remote location. Other combinations are provided and claimed as well.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an identifier from a content processor that derives the identifier from sample values representing an audio or image media object; providing the identifier to a remote database via the internet; receiving from the database at least some information from a profile associated with a proprietor of the audio or image media object. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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2. The method of claim 2, wherein the identifier is steganographically hidden in the media object, said identifier being hidden in the media object with the following acts:
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compressing a compressed encoded audio or image media object, the encoded media object comprising the identifier hidden therein; determining whether the identifier is sufficiently hidden in the decompressed encoded media object based on first criteria; and embedding the identifier the decompressed encoded media object if the identifier is not sufficiently hidden.
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving an identifier via the internet from a device including or communicating with a content processor that derives the identifier from sample values representing audio portions of a media object or from sample values representing picture portions of the media object; utilizing the identifier to interrogate a database; obtaining from the database at least some information from a profile associated with a proprietor of the media object, wherein the database is configured to allow a proprietor to change information within the profile; providing the at least some information from the profile associated with the proprietor of the media object to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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an input coupled to receive an identifier via the internet, the identifier having been communicated from a device including or communicating with a content processor, the content processor having derived the identifier from sample values representing audio portions of a media object or from sample values representing picture portions of the media object; a database; and a controller including or cooperating with at least processing circuitry to; obtain from the database at least some information from a profile associated with a proprietor of the media object, wherein the database is configured to allow a proprietor to change information within the profile; and provide the at least some information from the profile associated with the proprietor of the media object to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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