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Method and System for Identification of Distributed Broadcast Content

  • US 20110099197A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2010
  • Published: 04/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions of:

  • receiving a content identification query from a client device, the content identification query requesting an identity of content that was broadcast from a broadcast source;

    if content from the broadcast source has previously been identified and if the content identification query has been received at a time during which the content is still being broadcast from the broadcast source, sending the previous identification of the content to the client device; and

    if not, (i) performing a content identification using a sample of the content broadcast from the broadcast source, and (ii) storing the content identification.

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