Copyright protection of digital images transmitted over networks

• US 20010000265A1
• Filed: 12/04/2000
• Published: 04/12/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kioba Processing, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Finjan Software Limited (FIG LLC (d/b/a Fortress Investment Group LLC))
• Inventors: Goldman, Andrew, Schreiber, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 7,155,744 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/12 Digital output to print unit , e.g. line printer, chain printer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/126 Character encoding
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32776 using an interactive, user-operated device, e.g. a computer terminal, mobile telephone H04N1/32782, H04N1/32784 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4426 involving separate means, e.g. a server, a magnetic card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/444 to a particular document or image or part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4486 using digital data encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3249 data relating to a linked page or object, e.g. hyperlink
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 : Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A method for protecting digital images distributed over a network, including the steps of receiving a request from a client computer running a network browser, for an original layout page containing references to digital images therein, parsing the original layout page for the references to digital images, generating a modified layout page from the original layout page by replacing at least one of the references to digital images in the original layout page with references to substitute data, and sending the modified layout page to the client computer. A system is also described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method for protecting files distributed over a network, comprising the steps of:

displaying a list of files;

generating protection status information in response to selection by a user of at least one of the files in the list of files; and

sending the protection status information to a server computer.

2. The method of

claim 1

wherein said displaying step displays a list of files together with a corresponding protection status for each file in the list of files, and wherein the method further comprises the step of modifying protection status of at least one of the files, and wherein said sending step sends modified protection status information to a server computer.

3. The method of

claim 1

further comprising recording the protection status information in a protection status database.

4. A system for protecting files distributed over a network, comprising:

a user interface displaying a list of files;

a protection status manager generating protection status information in response to selection by a user of at least one of the files in the list of files; and

a transmitter sending the protection status information to a server computer.

5. The system of

claim 4

wherein said user interface displays a list of files together with a corresponding protection status for each file in the list of files, and wherein the protection status manager modifies protection status of at least one of the files, and wherein said transmitter sends modified protection status information to a server computer.

6. The system of

claim 4

further comprising a database manager recording the protection status information in a protection status database.