Storing fingerprints of multimedia streams for the presentation of search results
View Patent ↗Multimedia stream search results may be made perceivable to a user. A multimedia search query may be received from a user. The multimedia search query may be compared with information related to known multimedia streams and multimedia search results may be determined based on the comparison. A popularity of the multimedia streams corresponding to the multimedia stream search results may be determined based on a number of canonical URLs associated with the multimedia stream. A presentation of the multimedia stream search results to the user may be configured based on the popularity of the corresponding multimedia streams.
1. A method for storing fingerprints for multimedia streams, the method comprising the following operations performed with one or more processors:
identifying a multimedia stream associated with a link, the multimedia stream comprising content and metadata that describes content;
removing the metadata from the stream and encoding the content using a compression algorithm to generate a fingerprint for the multimedia stream, the fingerprint comprising a set of unique bits;
comparing the generated fingerprint to at least one fingerprint stored in a fingerprint database;
determining, based on the comparison, whether the generated fingerprint matches at least one fingerprint stored in the fingerprint database;
storing the generated fingerprint in the fingerprint database when it is determined that there is not a match to the generated fingerprint;
creating a canonical resource locator for the identified multimedia stream by resolving the link and at least one other link into a simplified format; and
associating the canonical resource locator with the generated fingerprint.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
increasing a canonical resource locator counter associated with the fingerprint.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining a popularity of the multimedia stream based on a value of the canonical resource locator counter associated with the fingerprint.
4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving a query related to the multimedia stream;
comparing the query to at least one fingerprint stored in the fingerprint database; and
determining, based on the comparison, a search result.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compression algorithm comprises a hash coding compression algorithm.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one from the group comprising:
a stream identification: a title of the stream; a date on which the stream was published; a stream format; a size associated with the stream; a bit rate associated with the stream; and a keyword associated with the stream.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the simplified format comprises a path and at least one of an IP address and a server name.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating a canonical resource locator comprises:
identifying the at least one other link;
determining that the link and the at least one other link have different formats; and standardizing the link and the at least one other link into a single format.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing the canonical resource locator to at least one stored canonical resource locator;
determining, based on the comparison, whether the canonical resource locator matches at least one stored canonical resource locator; and
storing the canonical resource locator in the fingerprint database when it is determined that there is not a match to the stored canonical resource locator.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing the canonical resource locator to at least one stored canonical resource locator;
determining, based on the comparison, whether the canonical resource locator matches at least one stored canonical resource locator; and
discarding the canonical resource locator when it is determined that there is not a match to the stored canonical resource locator.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting the link that has the associated multimedia stream by parsing an Internet webpage for at least one of a predetermined file extension and a keyword associated with the multimedia stream.
12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations:
identifying a multimedia stream associated with a link, the multimedia stream comprising content and metadata that describes content;
removing the metadata from the stream and encoding the content using a compression algorithm to generate a fingerprint for the multimedia stream, the fingerprint comprising a set of unique bits;
comparing the generated fingerprint to at least one fingerprint stored in a fingerprint database;
determining, based on the comparison, whether the generated fingerprint matches at least one fingerprint stored in the fingerprint database;
storing the generated fingerprint in the fingerprint database when it is determined that there is not a match to the generated fingerprint;
creating a canonical resource locator for the identified multimedia stream by resolving the link and at least one other link into a simplified format; and
associating the canonical resource locator with the generated fingerprint.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform the operation of:
increasing a canonical resource locator counter associated with the fingerprint.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform the operation of:
determining a popularity of the multimedia stream based on a value of the canonical resource locator counter associated with the fingerprint.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein creating a canonical resource locator comprises:
identifying the at least one other link;
determining that the link and the at least one other link have different formats; and
standardizing the link and the at least one other link into a single format.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform the operations of:
comparing the canonical resource locator to at least one stored canonical resource locator;
determining, based on the comparison, whether the canonical resource locator matches at least one stored canonical resource locator; and
storing the canonical resource locator in the fingerprint database when it is determined that there is not a match to the stored canonical resource locator.
17. A system for processing multimedia streams, the system comprising:
a storage device; and
at least one processor coupled to the storage device, wherein the storage device stores a program for controlling the processor, and wherein the processor, operative with the program, is configured to:
identify a multimedia stream associated with a link, the uitimedia stream comprising content and metadata that describes content;
remove the metadata from the stream and encode the content using a compression algorithm to generate a fingerprint for the multimedia stream, the fingerprint comprising a set of unique bits;
compare the generated fingerprint to at least one fingerprint stored in a fingerprint database;
determine, based on the comparison, whether the generated fingerprint matches at least one fingerprint stored in the fingerprint database;
store the generated fingerprint in the fingerprint database when it is determined that there is not a match to the generated fingerprint;
create a canonical resource locator for the identified multimedia stream by resolving the link and at least one other link into a simplified format; and
associate the canonical resource locator with the generated fingerprint.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
increase a canonical resource locator counter associated with the fingerprint; and
determine a popularity of the multimedia stream based on a value of the canonical resource locator counter associated with the fingerprint.
19. The system of claim 17 , wherein to create a canonical resource locator the at least one processor is further configured to:
identify the at least one other link;
determine that the link and the at least one other link have different formats; and
standardize the link and the at least one other link into a single format.
20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
compare the canonical resource locator to at least one stored canonical resource locator;
determine, based on the comparison, whether the canonical resource locator matches at least one stored canonical resource locator; and
store the canonical resource locator in the fingerprint database when it is determined that there is not a match to the stored canonical resource locator.