Patent ID: 8924423

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of analyzing a media project defined by a craft tool, the method comprising: receiving a file for the media project defined by the craft tool, wherein the craft tool is a computer-implemented tool for audio and/or visual editing, the media project includes a plurality of media items in at least one of a plurality of tracks and project bins, and the received file comprises media content extracted from the plurality of media items; comparing a representation generated from media content extracted from a particular one of the plurality of media items to reference representations in a database of reference items to identify a match, wherein: the reference items in the reference database include associated reference metadata, the representation generated from the media content extracted from the particular media item of the media project is a fingerprint generated from the media content extracted from the particular media item of the media project, and the corresponding reference item comprises a representation in the form of a fingerprint generated from a reference work and associated metadata identifying the reference work; and in response to identifying a corresponding reference item in the reference database for which the representation generated from the content extracted from the particular media item matches the reference representation for the corresponding reference item, using the associated reference metadata to identify the media content extracted from the particular media item.