Methods for Linking from Objects to Remote Resources
    62.
    发明申请
    Methods for Linking from Objects to Remote Resources 有权
    从对象链接到远程资源的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080140714A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-12

    申请号:US11867480

    申请日:2007-10-04

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00

    摘要: Methods are disclosed for associating content objects (e.g., paper documents, audio and video files, etc.) with corresponding information and/or action. One arrangement employs an architecture comprising a registration server, a router, and one or more product handlers. Identifiers for the content objects can be obtained in various ways, including decoding a digital watermark, deriving an identifier by hashing music data, sensing machine-readable data such as RFID or barcode data, etc. The technology is suitable for use with handheld devices, including cell phones and media players.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于将内容对象(例如,纸质文档,音频和视频文件等)与相应信息和/或动作相关联的方法。 一种布置采用包括注册服务器,路由器和一个或多个产品处理程序的架构。 可以以各种方式获得内容对象的标识符,包括解码数字水印,通过散列音乐数据导出标识符,感测机器可读数据,如RFID或条形码数据等。该技术适用于手持设备, 包括手机和媒体播放器。

    Further Improvements in Recommendation Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20190026812A9

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US13107858

    申请日:2011-05-13

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/06

    摘要: This invention deals with improving recommendation systems. The first embodiment combines rules and recommendations to create automated and intelligent business rules for recommendations. The second embodiment improves recommendations by combining the results of driver products and influencer products, where influencer products only influence the recommendations of the driver products. Influencer products can be related to a specific user. The third embodiment improves recommendations for new items by relating them to original items, such that the sales for the original item is used in the new item when calculating recommendations. The new items may replace the original item, or be a similar item and exist alongside the original item.

    Digital Watermarking Applications
    65.
    发明申请
    Digital Watermarking Applications 审中-公开
    数字水印应用

    公开(公告)号:US20120317022A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-13

    申请号:US13590951

    申请日:2012-08-21

    摘要: The disclosure relates generally to methods and systems including, e.g.,: (1) steganographically embedding location information in image or audio content, where the location information is obtained from remote sources like a cell phone network or remote GPS receiver; (2) steganographically embedding participant IDs in content to ensure proper billing and royalty tracking; (3) providing fair-use content management based upon digital watermark-tracked usage; (4) providing micro-payments based upon watermarked objects for retailers; and/or (5) providing watermarked logon cards, such as watermarked hotel room keys, to better provide internet logon access control. Other systems and methods are provided as well.

    摘要翻译: 本公开一般涉及包括例如以下的方法和系统:(1)在图像或音频内容中隐藏地嵌入位置信息,其中从远程源获得位置信息,如手机网络或远程GPS接收器; (2)在内容中隐藏参与者ID,以确保适当的帐单和版税跟踪; (3)基于数字水印跟踪使用提供合理使用内容管理; (4)为零售商提供基于水印的物品的微额支付; 和/或(5)提供水印登录卡,例如水印的酒店房间钥匙,以更好地提供互联网登录访问控制。 还提供了其他系统和方法。

    Method and apparatus for content management
    66.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for content management 失效
    内容管理方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08185967B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-22

    申请号:US12493972

    申请日:2009-06-29

    申请人: Kenneth L. Levy

    发明人: Kenneth L. Levy

    IPC分类号: G06F11/00

    摘要: The present application relates generally to content management (e.g., managing audio and video items in portable devices). One claim recites a method comprising: utilizing electronic memory housed in a portable device, maintaining a listing of up to N identifiers associated with previously accessed audio or video items, where N is an integer, and where each previously accessed audio or video item has an identifier associated therewith; utilizing a programmed electronic processor housed in the portable device, i) restricting access to a new audio or video item if an identifier associated with the new audio or video item is one of the N identifiers associated with the previously accessed audio or video items, or ii) limiting a number of content items each with a different user identifier associated therewith that can be accessed in a certain amount of time. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.

    摘要翻译: 本申请一般涉及内容管理(例如,管理便携式设备中的音频和视频项目)。 一个权利要求描述了一种方法,包括:利用容纳在便携式设备中的电子存储器,保持与先前访问的音频或视频项目相关联的多达N个标识符的列表,其中N是整数,并且其中每个先前访问的音频或视频项目具有 与之相关联的标识符; 使用容纳在便携式设备中的编程电子处理器,i)如果与新音频或视频项目相关联的标识符是与先前访问的音频或视频项目相关联的N个标识符之一,则限制对新音频或视频项目的访问,或 ii)限制每个具有与其相关联的不同用户标识符的内容项目的数量,其可以在一定量的时间内被访问。 当然,也提供其他权利要求和组合。

    Methods and apparatus for robust embedded data
    67.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for robust embedded data 有权
    强大的嵌入式数据的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08095795B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-10

    申请号:US11420580

    申请日:2006-05-26

    申请人: Kenneth L. Levy

    发明人: Kenneth L. Levy

    IPC分类号: H04L9/32 H04L29/06

    CPC分类号: G06T1/005

    摘要: The present invention describes methods and apparatus involving embedding data. Data can be embedded steganographically in content or embedded in, e.g., headers associated with the content. In one implementation, a method of embedding auxiliary information in data is provided. The method includes receiving data and correlated data. The correlated data is related to but independent from the received data. The method further includes receiving auxiliary information, the auxiliary information being independent of the received data and the correlated data; changing the auxiliary information based on at least the correlated data; and embedding the changed auxiliary information in the received data. Other implementations are also provided.

    摘要翻译: 本发明描述了涉及嵌入数据的方法和装置。 数据可以隐含地嵌入在内容中或嵌入在例如与内容相关联的标题中。 在一个实现中,提供了一种在辅助数据中嵌入辅助信息的方法。 该方法包括接收数据和相关数据。 相关数据与接收到的数据有关但与其独立。 该方法还包括接收辅助信息,辅助信息独立于接收到的数据和相关数据; 至少基于相关数据来改变辅助信息; 并将所改变的辅助信息嵌入到所接收的数据中。 还提供了其他实现。

    Watermark embedding functions adapted for transmission channels
    68.
    发明授权
    Watermark embedding functions adapted for transmission channels 有权
    适用于传输通道的水印嵌入功能

    公开(公告)号:US08045748B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-10-25

    申请号:US11564225

    申请日:2006-11-28

    申请人: Kenneth L. Levy

    发明人: Kenneth L. Levy

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    CPC分类号: G06F21/10 G06F2221/0733

    摘要: A method for controlling watermark embedding in a media object through the use of a watermark embedding command. The use of the embedding command enables watermark embedding to be adapted for the transmission channel at the time of transmission.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过使用水印嵌入命令来控制媒体对象中的水印嵌入的方法。 嵌入命令的使用使得水印嵌入能够适应发送时的传输信道。

    Digital watermarking for workflow by tracking content or content identifiers with respect to time
    69.
    发明授权
    Digital watermarking for workflow by tracking content or content identifiers with respect to time 有权
    通过相对于时间跟踪内容或内容标识符来进行工作流的数字水印

    公开(公告)号:US07978874B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-12

    申请号:US11084689

    申请日:2005-03-17

    申请人: Kenneth L. Levy

    发明人: Kenneth L. Levy

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: Digital watermarking provides a chain of custody for video in movie studios. Several novel improvements in workflow processes for digital watermarking provide chains of custody. In a first implementation, a digital watermark payload includes an embedder ID and time stamp. The embedder ID is associated with a controlling PC user log, including, e.g., the user log being linked to a biometric of the user. In a second implementation, a video player is forced to run a video digital watermark embedder based upon a rights command, where an ID embedded in a watermark payload is determined solely by the embedder. A third implementation encrypts a conglomerate of watermarked segments of video so that a rendering device can decrypt the segments in a manner to produce different results in each usage dependent upon the key. A fourth implementation embeds digital watermarks in DVD disk images during delivery to a duplication house.

    摘要翻译: 数字水印为电影制片厂的影片提供监管链。 数字水印工作流程中的几项新改进提供了监管链。 在第一实现中,数字水印有效载荷包括嵌入器ID和时间戳。 嵌入器ID与控制PC用户日志相关联,包括例如链接到用户的生物特征的用户日志。 在第二实施例中,视频播放器被迫基于权限命令运行视频数字水印嵌入器,其中嵌入在水印有效载荷中的ID仅由嵌入器确定。 第三实施方案加密视频水印片段的集合,使得渲染设备可以以取决于密钥的每个使用中产生不同结果的方式对片段进行解密。 第四个实现在传送到复制房间时将数字水印嵌入到DVD盘图像中。

    Methods, apparatus and programs for generating and utilizing content signatures
    70.
    发明授权
    Methods, apparatus and programs for generating and utilizing content signatures 有权
    用于生成和利用内容签名的方法,装置和程序

    公开(公告)号:US07974436B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-05

    申请号:US11536487

    申请日:2006-09-28

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to deriving and/or utilizing content signatures. A content signature includes a representation of a content item, which is derived or calculated from the content item itself. One claim recites a method comprising: obtaining a content item; transforming the content item to obtain transform domain coefficients; applying Viterbi decoding to a set of the transform domain coefficients; and using a result of the Viterbi decoding as a content signature representing features or characteristics of the content item itself. Other claims and combinations are provided too.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及导出和/或利用内容签名。 内容签名包括从内容项目本身导出或计算的内容项目的表示。 一个权利要求描述了一种方法,包括:获得内容项; 转换内容项以获得变换域系数; 将维特比解码应用于一组变换域系数; 并且使用维特比解码的结果作为表示内容项本身的特征或特征的内容签名。 也提供其他声明和组合。