Patent ID: 9256673
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04H

Claim Text:
1. A method for identifying content in a data stream, comprising: receiving at a client device one or more content patterns of content, wherein the one or more content patterns are selected from a group consisting of content patterns correlated to a user's profile, content patterns associated with a location of the client device, content patterns related to content previously identified by the client device or a server, content patterns related to media content stored on the client device, and content patterns selected based on a statistical profile indicating a popularity of pieces of content; receiving, at the client device, a continuous data stream collected from an ambient environment of the client device; at the client device, substantially continuously performing a content identification of content in the data stream collected from the ambient environment of the client device based on the one or more content patterns received and stored on the client device, wherein the content patterns include information to identify pieces of content; based on the content in the data stream collected from the ambient environment of the client device matching to any of the content patterns stored on the client device, the client device providing a notification indicating recognition of the content in the data stream collected from the ambient environment of the client device, wherein the recognition indicates an identity of the content; and based on receiving an instruction, the client device querying the server to determine an identity of content in the data stream.