Patent ID: 9654447
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising the acts: receiving a first item of content posted by a user to a web-based service, for distribution by said web-based service to the public; computing first fingerprint data from the received first item of content, using a hardware processor configured to perform such act, said computing including determining spectral analysis, histogram, or wavelet data; by reference to the first fingerprint data, identifying a first item of controlled content included in the first item of received content; determining a first similarity score between the first item of received content and the first item of controlled content, based on matching between the computed first fingerprint data and fingerprint data for the first item of controlled content; comparing the first similarity score with a first threshold value earlier-specified by an owner of the first item of controlled content, yielding a first comparison result; selecting first usage rule data to apply to the first item of received content, based on the first comparison result; applying the selected first usage rule data in governing distribution of the received first item of content by the web-based service; receiving a second item of content posted by a user to the web-based service, for distribution by the web-based service to the public; computing second fingerprint data from the received second item of content, using a hardware processor configured to perform such act, said computing including spectral analysis, histogram, or wavelet data; by reference to the second fingerprint data, identifying a second item of controlled content included in the second item of received content; determining a second similarity score between the second item of received content and the second item of controlled content, based on matching between the computed second fingerprint data and fingerprint data for the second item of controlled content; comparing the second similarity score with a second threshold value earlier-specified by an owner of the second item of controlled content, yielding a second comparison result; selecting second usage rule data to apply to the second item of received content, based on the second comparison result; and applying the selected second usage rule data in governing distribution of the received second item of content by the web-based service; wherein the second threshold value is different than the first threshold value, by which different content owners specified different, customized treatment of their items of controlled content by the web-based service.