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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024

Filed:

May. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Sling Tv L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Eric Dyoniziak, Vineyard, UT (US);

Robert Drew Major, Orem, UT (US);

Assignee:

Sling TV L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/233 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention recognizes media content using signatures generated by network devices with limited processing power. An audio signal is prepared for application of a discrete Fourier transform (DFT). Outputs from the DFT include real components and imaginary components that are used to calculate output magnitudes associated with frequency bins. The frequency-amplitude pairs include the output magnitudes and the associated frequency bins. A signature of the audio signal is generated by selecting a predetermined number of frequency-amplitude pairs having dominant output magnitudes. The network devices that generate the signatures may transmit the signatures to a server for analysis. The server may trigger actions in response to detecting known content based on the received signatures matching known signatures.


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