Patent ID: 9721072
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for determining whether a first party is adhering to criteria set by a second party, the method comprising: receiving, from a first party, a portion of a media asset; extracting from the portion audio or visual information presented to a user in the portion; computing, using a function, a content signature for the portion, wherein the content signature is based on the audio or visual information presented to the user in the portion; cross-referencing the content signature with a database listing a plurality of reference signatures from a second party to determine whether the content signature corresponds to at least one of the plurality of reference signatures; based on determining that the content signature does correspond to the at least one of the plurality of reference signatures, storing an association between the content signature and metadata associated with the at least one of the plurality of reference signatures; and based on determining that the content signature does not correspond to the at least one of the plurality of reference signatures, automatically notifying the second party.