Patent ID: 9635417
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: extracting a plurality of query fingerprints from media data that comprises one or more primary media content portions embedded with one or more secondary media content portions; wherein the media data is received in one of an over-the-air broadcast signal, a cable broadcast signal, a satellite broadcast signal, a media data bitstream, or a media data file; sending a plurality of fingerprint identification queries to a media fingerprint archive system, each fingerprint identification query in the plurality of fingerprint identification queries comprising at least one query fingerprint in the plurality of query fingerprints; receiving a plurality of fingerprint identification responses from the media fingerprint archive system, each fingerprint identification response in the plurality of fingerprint identification responses being responsive to a corresponding fingerprint query in the plurality of fingerprint identification queries, and each fingerprint identification response in the plurality of fingerprint identification responses indicating a positive fingerprint identification or a negative fingerprint identification; in response to receiving at least one positive fingerprint identification response in the plurality of fingerprint identification responses from the media fingerprint archive system: wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.