Patent ID: 9298717
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a server, a creation time of a media file based at least in part on metadata extracted from the media file; identifying, by the server, an uploading time of the media file to the server; calculating, by the server, a difference between the creation time and the uploading time; determining whether the media file is unique or not unique based on the creation time and the uploading time; and performing, by the server, a data deduplication process when the media file is determined to be not unique as a result of the determining; wherein the media file is determined to be not unique when the difference between the uploading time and the creation time is greater than a predetermined value; and wherein the uploading time of the media file is a time when the server starts to receive the media file.