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Systems and methods for providing audio asset information using an audio asset information storage system are provided. The storage system includes a data store containing video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset. The storage system receives a numbe

Systems and methods for providing audio asset information using an audio asset information storage system are provided. The storage system includes a data store containing video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset. The storage system receives a number of requests to identify the known audio asset and stores an indication of each request within the data store. The storage system provides at least a portion of audio asset information associated with the known audio asset to user equipment.

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1. An audio asset information storage system comprising: a data store configured to store audio asset information associated with a known audio asset, wherein the audio asset information includes video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset, anda proces

1. An audio asset information storage system comprising: a data store configured to store audio asset information associated with a known audio asset, wherein the audio asset information includes video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset, anda processor configured to: i) receive a plurality of requests to identify the known audio asset, ii) store an indication of each request within the data store, iii) provide at least a portion of the audio asset information associated with the known audio asset to user equipment, iv) receive a request to view all audio assets associated with a selected video program, v) search the data store for audio assets associated with video program information identifying the selected video program, and vi) provide at least a portion of the audio asset information associated with each of the matching audio assets to the user equipment. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio asset information includes at least one of an audio asset signature, identifier, title, artist, album, album art, genre, type, lyrics, and play time. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the video program information includes at least one of a program title, genre, type, episode, series, broadcast schedule, audio asset location, audio asset start time, audio asset end time, song lyrics, audio text, and audio asset quality. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the data store is a remote data store, and wherein the processor is further configured to i) monitor a plurality of user equipment data stores, ii) identify audio asset information stored in the remote data store that is not stored in the plurality of user equipment data stores, and iii) provide the identified audio asset information to the plurality of user equipment data stores. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to determining that the user equipment is set to display or record the video program that embeds the known audio asset. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to determining that a user profile at the user equipment includes audio preference data matching characteristics of the known audio asset, wherein the characteristics are included in the audio asset information. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to determining that a user profile at the user equipment includes video preference data matching characteristics of the video program that embeds the known audio asset, wherein the characteristics are included in the video program information. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to i) determine that a threshold number of requests to identify the known audio asset have been received, and ii) store an indication of the threshold determination within the audio asset information associated with the known audio asset. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to the threshold determination. 10. A method for providing audio asset information comprising: storing audio asset information associated with a known audio asset in a data store, wherein the audio asset information includes video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset,receiving a plurality of requests to identify the known audio asset,storing an indication of each request within the data store,providing at least a portion of the audio asset information associated with the known audio asset to user equipment,receiving a request to view all audio assets associated with a selected video program,searching the data store for audio assets associated with video program information identifying the selected video program, andproviding at least a portion of the audio asset information associated with each of the matching audio assets to the user equipment. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the audio asset information includes at least one of an audio asset signature, identifier, title, artist, album, album art, genre, type, lyrics, and play time. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the video program information includes at least one of a program title, genre, type, episode, series, broadcast schedule, audio asset location, audio asset start time, audio asset end time, song lyrics, audio text, and audio asset quality. 13. The method of claim 10, wherein the data store is a remote data store, the method further comprising: monitoring a plurality of user equipment data stores,identifying audio asset information stored in the remote data store that is not stored in the plurality of user equipment data stores, andproviding the identified audio asset information to the plurality of user equipment data stores. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to determining that the user equipment is set to display or record the video program that embeds the known audio asset. 15. The method of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to determining that a user profile at the user equipment includes audio preference data matching characteristics of the known audio asset, wherein the characteristics are included in the audio asset information. 16. The method of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to determining that a user profile at the user equipment includes video preference data matching characteristics of the video program that embeds the known audio asset, wherein the characteristics are included in the video program information. 17. The method of claim 10 further comprising: determining that a threshold number of requests to identify the known audio asset have been received, andstoring an indication of the threshold determination within the audio asset information associated with the known audio asset. 18. The method of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of the audio asset information is provided in response to the threshold determination.