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Audio- and graphics-based linking to internet

Assignee: Digimarc Corp

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Filing: 1999-12-15

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Granted: 2001-09-04

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Expires: 2019-12-15

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Abstract

Abstract Address information is obtained from audio or from a graphic and used to link to the internet. The address information can be a literal URL, or may be an index to a database from which a corresponding URL can be obtained.

Inventors

👤 Geoffrey B. Rhoads

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 12:55

CPC Classifications

H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/02; B; B42; B42D; B42D25/00; B42D25/30; B42D25/328; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/955; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/06009; G06K19/06037; G06K19/06046; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06K19/14; G06K19/18; G06K7/00; G06K7/10; G06K7/14; G06K7/1404; G06K7/1408; G06K7/1417; G06K7/1439; G06K7/1447; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/341; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/401; G06Q20/4014; G06Q20/40145; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; G06T1/005; G06T1/0064; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/22; G07C9/25; G07C9/253; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/003; G07D7/0034; G07D7/004; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/16; G07F17/26; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/086; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/00086; G11B20/00884; G11B20/00891; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00838; H04N1/0084; H04N1/00843; H04N1/00846; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32144; H04N1/32149; H04N1/32154; H04N1/3216; H04N1/32203; H04N1/32208; H04N1/32251; H04N1/32288; H04N1/32352; G06K2019/06215; G06K2019/06253; G06T2201/00; G06T2201/005; G06T2201/0065; G06T2201/0081; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32122; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3226; H04N2201/3233; H04N2201/3249; H04N2201/3269; H04N2201/327; H04N2201/3271; H04N2201/3274

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10

Claim 1

Independent Claim 32 words

A method for audio-based linking to the internet, comprising: steganographically decoding an audio signal to obtain address information encoded thereby; and using said address information in establishing a link to the internet.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 32 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 22 words

The method of claim 1 in which the address information is not recognizable as such to human listeners of said audio signal.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 26 words

The method of claim 1 that comprises obtaining a URL corresponding to said address information, and using said URL in establishing the link to the internet.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 21 words

The method of claim 3 that comprises indexing a data structure with the address information to thereby obtain the corresponding URL.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 21 words

The method of claim 1 in which the audio conveys said address information notwithstanding transformation into or out of digital form.

Claim 7

Independent Claim 87 words

A method for graphic-based linking to the internet, comprising: receiving digital data corresponding to a graphic image at a user's computer; steganographically decoding said graphic image to discern the plural-bit index data encoded thereby; using plural-bit index data obtained from said graphic image digital data to index a database; obtaining from said database a URL address corresponding to said plural-bit index data; establishing a link to said URL address; and presenting a screen display on the user's computer in accordance with information obtained from said URL address.

Claim 8

Independent Claim 87 words

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 23 words

The method of claim 6 in which the graphic image conveys said plural-bit index data notwithstanding transformation into or out of digital form.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 20 words

The method of claim 6 that includes producing said digital data by illuminating an object and sensing the reflection therefrom.

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