US 11,853,355 B2
Inserting information into playing content
Vadim Brenner, San Francisco, CA (US); and Markus K. Cremer, Orinda, CA (US)
Assigned to Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed by GRACENOTE, INC., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,252.
Application 18/084,252 is a continuation of application No. 17/526,949, filed on Nov. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,531,699.
Application 17/526,949 is a continuation of application No. 17/001,229, filed on Aug. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,176,195, issued on Nov. 16, 2021.
Application 17/001,229 is a continuation of application No. 16/417,317, filed on May 20, 2019, granted, now 10,754,891, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 16/417,317 is a continuation of application No. 14/020,480, filed on Sep. 6, 2013, granted, now 10,318,579, issued on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0229697 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/683 (2019.01); G11B 27/11 (2006.01); G11B 27/036 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 16/683 (2019.01) [G11B 27/036 (2013.01); G11B 27/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
accessing, by a computing device and via a network, a fingerprint and information associated with a playback device, the fingerprint generated by the playback device in response to presentation of content by the playback device;
comparing, by the computing device, the fingerprint to one or more reference fingerprints to identify the content, the one or more reference fingerprints corresponding to respective different media;
identifying, by the computing device, a break in the content based on the identified content;
selecting, by the computing device, an information segment to be inserted in the break in the content based on the information associated with the playback device; and
causing, by the computing device, transmission of the information segment to the playback device via the network.