Patent Document ID: 9544621
Application ID: 14489402
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computer system from a first device, a request to identify a video; receiving, by the computer system from the first device, a video stream captured by the first device, the video stream capturing a second device displaying the video; identifying, by the computer system from the video stream, a plurality of candidate edges, the plurality of candidate edges including more than four edges; responsive to identifying the plurality of candidate edges, selecting, by the computer system from the plurality of candidate edges, four edges enclosing a display area in the video stream corresponding to the second device, each of the four edges selected based on brightness levels of a plurality of pixels corresponding to the edge; creating, by the computer system, a fingerprint for the video based on content included in the display area; identifying, by the computer system, video information based on the created fingerprint; and transmitting, by the computer system to the first device, instructions to display the video information.