CPC G06F 16/435 (2019.01) [G06F 16/24558 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/40 (2019.01); G06F 16/433 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01); G06F 16/907 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01)] | 24 Claims |
1. A method for identifying content, the method comprising:
receiving, using a hardware processor, from a first device, a first fingerprint associated with a first media content item and, from a second device, a second fingerprint associated with a second media content item;
determining, using the hardware processor, that the first media content item associated with the first device is related to the second media content item associated with the second device by determining that characteristic components of a characteristic type match between a first group of characteristic components associated with the first fingerprint and a second group of characteristic components associated with the second fingerprint;
identifying, using the hardware processor, the second media content item based on an identification of the first media content item, wherein the first media content item was identified based on the first fingerprint; and
transmitting, using the hardware processor, the identification of the second media content item to at least one of the first device and the second device.
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