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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin H. Maughan, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Brandon Conley, Wynnewood, PA (US);

Matthew Wildrick, Doylestown, PA (US);

Bradley Smith, Hatfield, PA (US);

Assignee:

ROVI GUIDES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2407 (2013.01); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described herein for validating content scheduled to be transmitted from a content source. The system may generate a media fingerprint of the content that is transmitted during a specific time from a specific content source. The system may then compare the media fingerprint with media fingerprints in a database of known media assets. When a match is found, the system may retrieve a unique identifier associated with the matched fingerprint. The system may further determine a unique identifier associated with generated media fingerprint. The system may then compare the two identifiers and if the unique identifiers match the media asset is validated. If the unique identifiers do not match, a discrepancy is found and various actions may be taken in response.


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