Patent ID: 8677400

Claim:
A media guidance system comprising: a data store including audio asset information associated with a plurality of known audio assets, user equipment configured to i) receive a video program including one or more audio assets, ii) display the video program, iii) display a user interface, and iv) receive a user input using the user interface, a processor configured to i) receive the user input including a request to identify an audio asset playing within the video program, ii) identify the audio asset by processing data associated with the audio asset and data within the data store, iii) provide audio asset information associated with the identified audio asset to the user interface for display, iv) receive a plurality of requests to identify the audio asset, v) store an indication of each request, vi) determine that a threshold number of requests has been received, vii) identify a second user viewing the video program who has not requested to identify the audio asset, and viii) automatically provide the audio asset information to the second user when the audio asset is playing.