Patent ID: 9384519
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a particular image; using a computer, determining a plurality of characteristics specific to contents of the particular image; using the computer, generating, based at least in part on the plurality of characteristics, a plurality of coefficients, wherein each coefficient of the plurality of coefficients comprises a pair containing a first component and a second component; generating a plurality of values by applying a Forward Fourier Transform to the plurality of coefficients; selecting, from the plurality of values, a subset of values, each value in the subset satisfying a particular threshold requirement; based, at least in part on the subset of values, generating one or more keys, each of which uniquely encodes data included in the subset of values; generating and storing metadata that associates each of the one or more keys with the particular image.