Ascertaining events in media

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9794212
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14617043

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Disclosed are various embodiments relating to the identification of events that occur within a media item. A plurality of messages are received from client devices, wherein each of the messages comprises a timestamp indicating a time relative to a media item. The existence of an event in the media item is determined based at least in part on a clustering of at least a subset of the messages received. Points are awarded to a subset of users based at least in part upon the timestamp and the clustering of messages received.

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IMDB COM INCP O BOX 81226 SEATTLE WA 98108-1226

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fishkin, Kenneth P Seattle, US 46 3616
Siegel, Hilliard Bruce Seattle, US 65 2442

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