Patent ID: 8843414
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing media objects by a plurality of devices each acting as their own registry of media objects available to it, the method comprising: receiving, at a first device from a second device, a first identifier generated by the second device for a first media object obtained from at least one of a plurality of content providers; determining, by the first device, an algorithm based on the first identifier for the first media object, the determined algorithm being the same as that used by the second device to generate the first identifier for the first media object based on content data of the first media object; generating, by the first device, a first identifier for a second media object obtained from at least another one of the plurality of content providers based on content of the second media object using the same algorithm used by the second device that generated the first identifier for the first media object; comparing, by the first device, the first identifier for the first media object to the first identifier for the second media object; determining, by the first device, that the first identifier for the first media object obtained from the at least one of the plurality of content providers matches the first identifier for the second media object obtained from the at least another one of the plurality of content providers based on the comparing the first identifier for the first media object to the first identifier for the second media object; and outputting, by the first device, the second media object in response to the determining that the first identifier for the first media object obtained from the at least one of the plurality of content providers matches the first identifier for the second media object obtained from the at least another one of the plurality of content providers.