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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2021
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Donald F. Gordon, Morgan Hills, CA (US);
Markus K. Cremer, Orinda, CA (US);
Peter Dunker, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems to authorize devices and/or perform other actions based on identifying content distributors are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access video content playing at a client device, calculate fingerprints of a portion of the video content, identify a distributor of the video content based on the fingerprints, and perform an action in response to the identification of the distributor of the video content, such as actions to authorize the client device or other associated devices (e.g., second screens) to receive content from the distributor, actions to present sponsored content to the client device or associated devices, and so on.