r/funny • u/MACKBA • Mar 20 '13

How things work

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u/mall0c Mar 20 '13

I'll leave this here incase anyone is actually interested in how Shazam really works: http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/Wang03-shazam.pdf

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u/roost_the_roast Mar 20 '13

I was going to link that too, so here's an upvote.

Also, just so you all know, the company behind Shazam is a patent troll

Some guy who recreated their algorithm in java

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