Fingerprint database updating method, client and server
CA 2467349 A1 · Owner: Haitsma, Jaap A. · Inventors: Haitsma, Jaap A.; Kalker, Antonius A. C. M.
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A method of updating a database (211) comprising a fingerprint of and an associated set of metadata for each of a number of multimedia objects A , multimedia object and a set of metadata for the multimedia object is downloaded from a file sharing client (101-105). A fingerprint is computed from the multimedia object, and the computed fingerprint and the obtained set of metadata are included in the database (211). The database (211) can be maintained by a central server (210), or be maintained in a distributed fashion by servers (404) running on the file sharing clients (101-105). The database (211) in this way accumulates plural sets of metadata associated with one particular …
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