Method and system for identification of distributed broadcast content
First Claim
1. A method of identifying an audio content sample and determining a broadcast station source for a broadcast, including:
- monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations and identifying broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations as the broadcast audio content is received;
caching to memory fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content from the plurality of broadcast stations;
receiving a sampled audio content;
matching fingerprints of the sampled audio content against;
the cache of fingerprints from the identified broadcast audio content; and
a database of audio content;
identifying the sampled audio content and, when the sampled audio content originates from a broadcast, a broadcast station source that was sampled;
receiving a location from a portable device; and
using at least the location and the identified sampled audio content to target the portable device for advertising or offers,wherein if the matching of the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the cache succeeds, bypassing matching against the database.
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Abstract
A method and system of performing high-throughput identifications of broadcast content is provided. A device can send a content identification query, which includes a sample of content being broadcast, to a server to request an identity of the content. The server will perform a computational identification of the content, return the result to the device, and store the result. For all subsequently received content identification queries requesting an identity of content being broadcast from the same source and in a time during which the content is still being broadcast from the source, the server will send the stored content identification in response to the subsequent queries. If a subsequent content identification query does not request the identity of content being broadcast from the same source or is not received during the time that the content is still being broadcast, the server will perform a computational identification of a content sample.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of identifying an audio content sample and determining a broadcast station source for a broadcast, including:
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monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations and identifying broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations as the broadcast audio content is received; caching to memory fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content from the plurality of broadcast stations; receiving a sampled audio content; matching fingerprints of the sampled audio content against; the cache of fingerprints from the identified broadcast audio content; and a database of audio content; identifying the sampled audio content and, when the sampled audio content originates from a broadcast, a broadcast station source that was sampled; receiving a location from a portable device; and using at least the location and the identified sampled audio content to target the portable device for advertising or offers, wherein if the matching of the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the cache succeeds, bypassing matching against the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of identifying an audio content sample from a real time broadcast, including:
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monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations and identifying broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations as the broadcast audio content is received; wherein monitoring at least one broadcast station of the plurality of broadcast stations relies on a web-based feed that is delayed from an over-the-air feed from the same broadcast station; caching fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content from the plurality of broadcast stations; receiving sampled audio content from a portable device; receiving a location from the portable device; matching the fingerprints of the sampled audio against the cache of fingerprints; identifying the sampled audio content by matching fingerprints of the sampled audio content against a database of audio broadcast content; wherein if the matching of the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the cache succeeds, bypassing matching against the database; wherein matching the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the database of audio broadcast content is limited by a delay bound; and combining the location and the identified sampled audio content to identify a broadcast station source which the portable device sampled. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of identifying an audio content sample that originates from an actual broadcast, including:
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monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations, fingerprinting and saving the fingerprints of broadcast audio content in a database of broadcast content as the broadcast audio content is received; identifying at least some of the broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations against a database of pre-indexed audio content and caching fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content as the identified broadcast audio content is received; receiving sampled audio content from a portable device; matching the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against; the cache of fingerprints for the identified broadcast audio content; the database of broadcast content; and the database of pre-indexed audio content; and identifying a broadcast station source of the sampled audio content that originates from an actual broadcast and, when the sampled audio content can be found in the database of pre-indexed audio content, identifying the sampled audio content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of identifying an audio content sample and determining a broadcast station, comprising:
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monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations and automatically identifying broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations as the broadcast audio content is received; wherein monitoring at least one broadcast station of the plurality of broadcast stations relies on a web-based feed that is delayed from an over-the-air feed from the same broadcast station; caching to memory fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content from the plurality of broadcast stations; receiving a sampled audio content; matching fingerprints of the sampled audio content against; the cache of fingerprints from the identified broadcast audio content; and a database of audio content; wherein matching the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the database of broadcast audio content is limited by a delay bound; and identifying the sampled audio content and, when the sampled audio content originates from a broadcast, a broadcast station source that was sampled, wherein if the matching of the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the cache succeeds, bypassing matching against the database. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method of identifying an audio content sample and determining a broadcast station source for a broadcast, including:
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monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations and automatically identifying broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations as it is received; caching to memory fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content from the plurality of broadcast stations; receiving a sampled audio content from a portable device; matching fingerprints of the sampled audio content against; the cache of fingerprints from the identified broadcast audio content; and a database of audio content; and identifying the sampled audio content and, when the sampled audio content originates from a broadcast, a broadcast station source that was sampled; generating and saving playlists of the broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations monitored; and sending the portable device at least a recent portion of the playlist that identifies a plurality of recent items broadcast by the identified broadcast station source, wherein if the matching of the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the cache succeeds, bypassing matching against the database. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method of identifying an audio content sample and determining a broadcast station source for a broadcast, including:
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monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations and automatically identifying broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations as it is received; caching to memory fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content from the plurality of broadcast stations; receiving a sampled audio content; matching fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the database of broadcast audio content and a database of audio content; and identifying the sampled audio content and, when the sampled audio content originates from a broadcast, a broadcast station source that was sampled, wherein if the matching of the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the database of broadcast audio content succeeds, bypassing matching against the database of audio content. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method of identifying an audio content sample from a real time broadcast, including:
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monitoring a plurality of broadcast stations and identifying broadcast audio content from the broadcast stations as the broadcast audio content is received; caching fingerprints of the identified broadcast audio content from the plurality of broadcast stations; receiving sampled audio content from a portable device; receiving a location from the portable device; matching the fingerprints of the sampled audio against the cache of fingerprints; identifying the sampled audio content by matching fingerprints of the sampled audio content against a database of audio content; and wherein if the matching of the fingerprints of the sampled audio content against the cache succeeds, bypassing matching against the database; combining the location and the identified sample audio content to identify a broadcast station source which the portable device sampled; and using at least the identified broadcast station source to target the portable device for advertising or offers. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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