Patents Examined by Md. Uddin
  • Detecting repeating content in broadcast media
    Patent number: 7991770
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products provide social and interactive applications for detecting repeating content in broadcast media. In some implementations, a method includes: generating a database of audio statistics from content; generating a query from the database of audio statistics; running the query against the database of audio statistics to determine a non-identity match; if a non-identity match exists, identifying the content corresponding to the matched query as repeating content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michele Covell, Shumeet Baluja, Michael Fink