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Establishing and interacting with on-line media collections using identifiers in media signals
Assignee: Digimarc Corp
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Filing: 2001-01-24
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Granted: 2004-12-07
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Expires: 2021-01-24
Abstract
Abstract Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context information and forwards it to a server. The server, in turn, maps the identifier to an action, such as returning metadata, re-directing the request to one or more other servers, requesting information from another server to identify the media object, etc. The linking process applies to broadcast objects as well as objects transmitted over networks in streaming and compressed file formats.
Inventors
- 👤 Joel R. Meyer
- 👤 Geoffrey B. Rhoads
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:39
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06F; G06F15/00; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/235; H04N21/238; H04N21/2389; H04N21/23892; H04N21/25; H04N21/258; H04N21/25808; H04N21/25816; H04N21/262; H04N21/26258; H04N21/40; H04N21/41; H04N21/414; H04N21/41407; H04N21/426; H04N21/42684; H04N21/43; H04N21/435; H04N21/45; H04N21/462; H04N21/4622; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/4722; H04N21/482; H04N21/4825; H04N21/60; H04N21/65; H04N21/658; H04N21/6581; H04N21/80; H04N21/81; H04N21/8126; H04N21/8133; H04N21/83; H04N21/835; H04N21/8352; H04N21/8358; H04N21/84; H04N21/85; H04N21/858; H04N21/8586; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17318; G06T2201/00; G06T2201/005; G06T2201/0051; G06T2201/0052
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 34
Claim 1
Independent Claim
46 words
A method of establishing an on-line collection of media titles, comprising the steps of: extracting an identifier steganographically encoded in a media signal; sending the identifier to a database; and requesting the database to add a title associated with the media signal to an on-line collection.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
46 words
A method of establishing an on-line collection of media titles, comprising the steps of: extracting an identifier steganographically encoded in a media signal; sending the identifier to a database; and requesting the database to add a title associated with the media signal to an on-line collection.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of: requesting playback of a title from the on-line collection.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
63 words
A system to interact with an on-line collection of media titles stored in a database, said system comprising: a detector to extract an embedded watermark from a media signal, the watermark including identifying information for the media signal; a module to send the identifying information to the database; and a module to receive data from the database in response to the identifying information.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
63 words
A system to interact with an on-line collection of media titles stored in a database, said system comprising: a detector to extract an embedded watermark from a media signal, the watermark including identifying information for the media signal; a module to send the identifying information to the database; and a module to receive data from the database in response to the identifying information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system according to claim 3 , wherein the identifying information includes a title of the media signal to be added to the on-line collection.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system according to claim 3 , wherein the identifying information includes usage rights.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system according to claim 3 , wherein the media signal is stored in a content package.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
76 words
An apparatus to interact with a media signal, said apparatus comprising: a storage device; a processing unit; and a local application stored in said storage device and processed by said processing unit, said local application operating to: i) extract an identifier from the media signal, the identifier being steganographically encoded into the media signal, and to ii) send the identifier to a database to associate the media signal with an on-line collection maintained by the database.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
76 words
An apparatus to interact with a media signal, said apparatus comprising: a storage device; a processing unit; and a local application stored in said storage device and processed by said processing unit, said local application operating to: i) extract an identifier from the media signal, the identifier being steganographically encoded into the media signal, and to ii) send the identifier to a database to associate the media signal with an on-line collection maintained by the database.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the identifier comprises a watermark.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the identifier comprises a reference number.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the identifier comprises data embedded within a watermark.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the data comprises a title name.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said local application provides a user identifier to the database.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein said user identifier comprises a device identifier.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the media signal is stored in a content package.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
69 words
A method of operating a system to create and manage a library of on-line media titles, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a media identifier from a user that has been extracted from steganographically encoded information in a media signal; determining a title that corresponds to the media identifier; identifying the user; and adding the media title to an on-line library of media titles associated with the user.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
69 words
A method of operating a system to create and manage a library of on-line media titles, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a media identifier from a user that has been extracted from steganographically encoded information in a media signal; determining a title that corresponds to the media identifier; identifying the user; and adding the media title to an on-line library of media titles associated with the user.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 15 , further comprising the step of: in response to a user's request for a media title, verifying that the media title is in the user's on-line library.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method according to claim 16 , further comprising the steps of: authenticating the user in response to the user's request for a media title; and allowing the user to access the on-line library when the user is authenticated.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 17 , further comprising the steps of: determining usage rights associated with a requested media title, and controlling access to the media title based on the usage rights.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 15 , wherein said adding step comprises the step of transferring a copy of the media title to the on-line library.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 15 , wherein said adding step comprises the step of adding a pointer to the on-line library to point to a copy of the media title.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 15 , wherein the user is identified by identifying a user device in communication with the system.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
71 words
An apparatus to interact with a streaming media signal, said apparatus comprising: a storage device; a processing unit; and a local application stored in said storage device and processed by said processing unit, said local application operating to: i) extract an identifier from the streaming media signal, and to ii) send the identifier to a database to associate the streaming media signal with an on-line library collection maintained by the database.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
71 words
An apparatus to interact with a streaming media signal, said apparatus comprising: a storage device; a processing unit; and a local application stored in said storage device and processed by said processing unit, said local application operating to: i) extract an identifier from the streaming media signal, and to ii) send the identifier to a database to associate the streaming media signal with an on-line library collection maintained by the database.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the identifier is embedded in a watermark in the streaming media signal.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the watermark is replicated throughout the streaming media signal.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the local application extracts the identifier upon a request by a user.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the request comprises a voice command.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the identifier comprises usage rights which dictate how the user may retrieve a copy of the streaming media signal from the library for playback.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the on-line library is a personal library associated with a predetermined user.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus according to claim 23 , wherein the on-line library is associated with a predetermined group of users.
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