Patent ID: 8732277
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a mobile device, first audio content; generating, by the mobile device, a first digital representation of the first audio content; transmitting, by the mobile device, a current geographic location of the mobile device to a remote server; responsive to transmitting the current geographic location of the mobile device, receiving, by the mobile device and from the remote server, a pre-selected subset of a set of audio identifiers, wherein the pre-selected subset comprises at least a second digital representation of at least second audio content, the pre-selected subset corresponding to at least one of the current geographic location of the mobile device and a user profile for a user of the mobile device; accessing, by the mobile device, a data structure stored by the mobile device, wherein the data structure contains the at least second digital representation of the at least second audio content; comparing, by the mobile device, the first digital representation to at least the second digital representation contained in the data structure; and if there is a match between the first digital representation and at least the second digital representation contained in the data structure, transmitting, by the mobile device, a message to the remote server indicating the match.