Media fingerprinting for social networking

摘要

Audio fingerprinting and other media matching technologies can be used to identify media, such as movies, television shows, and radio broadcasts. A user device can record image, audio, and/or video information and upload information to a matching service that is able to use matching technology to identify the media and provide supplemental content or information to the user. The user then can share this information with other users, such as by uploading to a social networking site or passing the information to peers on a peer network as part of a container. Users can have the ability to add tagged content, provide comments and ratings, and otherwise interact based at least in part upon the tagged media content.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving a matching request including information corresponding to a captured media file, the captured media file including at least one of audio and video data recorded from a media presentation by a user device and including at least one of an advertisement or a link to an advertisement; comparing, using at least one processing device, the captured media file information to stored instances of media data to attempt to locate a match for the captured media file information, at least a portion of the instances of stored media data corresponding to identified video content; locating a match of the captured media file information with one of the instances of stored media data; determining, using at least one processing device, supplemental information corresponding to the advertisement or the link to the advertisement included in the captured media file; and enabling the user to provide the supplemental information to other users using at least one content sharing mechanism.