Patent ID: 9454789
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06T,G10L,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: in a network system, receiving items of content captured by audio or visual sensors of electronic devices of users, the items being uploaded to the network system by the electronic devices of the users, and the network system is configured to stream or download the received items to other users of the network system; with one or more processors, executing instructions to perform the acts of: obtaining information extracted from the received items of captured content, the information comprising an auxiliary payload signal encoded in a digital watermark extracted from audio or visual signals of the received items; by reference to the obtained information, correlating the received items of captured content with each other based on the digital watermark to produce correlated received items; and providing a network service that links together the correlated received items, the network service providing an aggregated presentation of the correlated received items, the aggregated presentation providing links to obtain by download or stream the correlated received items.