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Method and apparatus for identifying media content presented on a media playing device

  • US 7,500,007 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2004
  • Issued: 03/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for identifying a work from media content presented on a client media player comprising:

  • periodically creating an analytical representation from a segment of media content on said client media player, wherein the media content is data for said work, the work being a single rendering, and the segment being a portion of said media content that is less than an entirety of the work, wherein said analytical representation is a digital fingerprint of acoustical and perceptual features of said segment;

    comparing said analytical representation to a collection of analytical representations of reference sampled media content of known works to obtain content-related data of said work from said collection of analytical representations of reference sampled media content; and

    presenting said content-related data on said client media player.

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