A method and apparatus for identifying media content presented on a media playing device

摘要

A computing device executing a server receives a media sample, the media sample having been created from a segment of media content, wherein the media content comprises at least a portion of a work, the segment being a portion of the media content that is less than an entirety of the work, and the media sample comprising a digital fingerprint based on perceptual features of the segment. The computing device compares the media sample to a plurality of reference samples from a plurality of known works to identify a known work of the plurality of known works that corresponds to the work. The computing device then transmits content-related data associated with the known work.