Patent ID: 7774385

Claim:
A system, comprising: a memory configured to store audio data associated with audio content; a processor configured to select a portion of audio content, wherein the portion is standardized, to identify a characteristic associated with the portion, to use the characteristic to generate a data representation, the data representation being used to provide heuristic data associated with the audio content, and to process the heuristic data to generate a fingerprint associated with the audio content, wherein the fingerprint is configured to compare to one or more stored fingerprints to detect substantially similar audio content; a fingerprint application having a fingerprint module, a download module, and a surrogate hash module, the fingerprint application being configured to be executed by the processor and to receive the heuristic data using the download module, the heuristic data, after being downloaded, being used to generate the fingerprint by the fingerprint module and the surrogate hash module, the fingerprint including a reference identifier; and a surrogate heuristic identification interface having one or more panels configured to provide an input to the processor, wherein the surrogate heuristic identification interface is configured to receive a filter specification that is used to construct a query, running the query to generate a result, wherein the result comprises the fingerprint, a domain, and a location associated with the audio content, loading the result into a surrogate heuristic identification interface and configuring the one or more panels to receive a user input.