Patent ID: 9047286
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: dividing substantially continuous broadcasts of content played on each of plurality of broadcast stations into segments based on time, by executing a program instruction in a computer system; identifying matched segments associated with each of the plurality of broadcast stations by comparing content included in a first segment associated with a first broadcast station with content included in a second segment associated with a second broadcast station, by executing a program instruction in a computer system; determining whether the first segment includes at least a threshold amount of content in common with the second segment, by executing a program instruction in a computer system; determining whether content items common to the first segment and the second segment are in the same order, by executing a program instruction in a computer system; arranging matched segments associated with the first broadcast station into at least a first sequence of matched segments, by executing a program instruction in a computer system; arranging matched segments associated with a second broadcast station into at least a second sequence of matched segment, by executing a program instruction in a computer system; and identifying syndicated content based, at least in part, on a comparison between the at least a first sequence of matched segments associated with the first broadcast station and the at least a second sequence of matched segments associated with the second broadcast station, by executing a program instruction in a computer system.