Patent ID: 8965863
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking units of multimedia content, the method comprising: sending a search query from a client device to a search server that is located remote from the client device, wherein the search query is used to search in a remote database coupled to the search server for units of multimedia content of a multimedia program that is currently displayed for viewing on the client device; storing reference signatures, retrieved from the remote database, in a local database on the client device, in response to a match on the search query, the reference signatures including signatures for part of the multimedia program around the searched for units of multimedia content and including matching signatures for the searched for units of multimedia content; detecting matches in query results in the local database for succeeding units of multimedia content using a track search approach to search each succeeding unit of a pre-specified duration of multimedia content of the multimedia program for a match in the local database; blocking display of the succeeding units of multimedia content on the client device representing a blocked display upon a no match indication detected in the query results; and displaying subsequent units of multimedia content on the client device after the blocked display upon a match indication detected in the query results by the track search approach.