Patent ID: 9036717
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a computer, a clip available on an online clip sharing system, the clip containing at least a portion of a broadcast program; obtaining, by the computer, a digital fingerprint for the clip; matching, by the computer, the digital fingerprint of the clip against a plurality of reference fingerprints to identify the broadcast program in the clip, the reference fingerprints corresponding to a plurality of known broadcast programs; obtaining, by the computer, program information associated with the identified broadcast program based at least in part on the matching of the digital fingerprint of the clip against the plurality of reference fingerprints, the program information comprising a channel on which the broadcast program was broadcast and information about content of the broadcast program; associating, by the computer, the program information with the clip; storing, by the computer, the program information in association with the clip in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and uploading, by the computer, the clip to the online clip sharing system, the clip being associated with the program information.