US Patent:
20070250856, Oct 25, 2007
Inventors:
Jennifer Leavens - Sherman Oaks CA, US
Joshua Smallman - Villa Park CA, US
Nicholas Seet - Los Angeles CA, US
International Classification:
H04N 7/025
H04N 7/10
Abstract:
Media broadcasts associated with different local markets can contain both nationally and locally broadcast content. To determine whether particular media items in the broadcasts are broadcast nationally or locally, the media items are identified and their time of occurrence is determined. The media items can then be classified as nationally or locally broadcast based, at least in part, on whether the occurrences of the media items in the different media broadcasts correspond in time, within a threshold.