Patent ID: 8627509
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for processing media files, comprising: receiving a request to download a first media file, wherein the first media file comprises video data; in response to receiving the request, generating a plurality of first signatures, each first signature describing a first characteristic of a frame of the video data contained in the first media file; generating a second signature based on the first media file, wherein the second signature describes a second characteristic of the first media file; determining a number of matches between the plurality of first signatures and a first plurality of stored signatures, wherein each stored signature of the first plurality of stored signatures describes a first characteristic of video data of a different media file; in response to determining that the number of matches is greater than a pre-determined threshold value: counting a number of requests to download media files that are denied during a predetermined period of time; determining that the number of denied requests exceeds a predetermined maximum; and in response to determining that the number of denied requests exceeds the predetermined maximum, increasing the threshold value.