Patent ID: 9414129
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A video database system, comprising: a computer receiving at least one digital fingerprint indicative of video information over a network from a remote tuner, along with an indication of the specific regional location of the remote tuner that sent the at least one digital fingerprint, said at least one digital fingerprint being information that is of a smaller size than the video information it represents, but which can be verified as having been created from the video information; said computer comparing said digital fingerprint to first information indicating content and commercial information indicative of what should be included in said video information, and storing the at least one digital fingerprint in a database that has information on multiple different channels when the information is matched along with information about a specific tuner among a plurality of remote tuners that sent the digital fingerprint, and a time stamp indicating when the digital fingerprint was sent, wherein said computer also determines a time since receiving a fingerprint from a specific client tuner, and also maintains a list of tuners in an area, wherein said list of tuners is automatically updated to include a specific client tuner when said metadata is received, where said computer operates to automatically determine a channel that has not been fingerprinted in a specified region for a specified amount of time, even if the channel has been fingerprinted in a different region, and determines a tuner which is not currently sending a fingerprint, and to send a command to one of said tuners which is not currently sending a fingerprint to fingerprint said channel.