Data transmission by watermark proxy
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining a high resolution output, the method comprising:
- (a) identifying a location of or providing a low resolution image by a user to a service provider;
(b) extracting a watermark from the low resolution image by the service provider;
(c) based on the watermark, locating a high resolution image on a network; and
(d) providing the high resolution image using the located high resolution image to the user.
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Abstract
A media object sensed at one location is delivered at a second remote location, or an application associated with the object is made available at the second location. In some embodiments, the delivered object is of a higher quality than the sensed object. In other embodiments, larger objects requiring higher bandwidth for effective transmission are delivered notwithstanding low bandwidth bottlenecks between the first and second locations. Such advantages are achieved by employing watermark data as proxies for media objects and associated applications. These techniques are advantageously applied to cell phones.
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7 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining a high resolution output, the method comprising:
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(a) identifying a location of or providing a low resolution image by a user to a service provider;
(b) extracting a watermark from the low resolution image by the service provider;
(c) based on the watermark, locating a high resolution image on a network; and
(d) providing the high resolution image using the located high resolution image to the user.
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2. A method for obtaining a pristine output, the method comprising:
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(a) identifying a location of or providing relatively low quality content by a user to a service provider;
(b) extracting a watermark from the relatively low quality content by the service provider;
(c) based on the watermark, locating relatively pristine content that is related to the relatively low quality content on a network; and
.(d) providing the relatively high quality content.
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3. A method of obtaining content comprising:
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receiving first content corresponding to an object on a handheld device, wherein said handheld device comprises a media player executing thereon;
analyzing the content for steganographic encoding, wherein the steganographic encoding comprises a plural-bit payload, whereby the plural-bit payload is obtained from said act of analyzing;
providing data indicating media player capabilities of the handheld device;
communicating the plural-bit payload and the data indicating media player capabilities of the handheld device to a network resource;
receiving from the network resource enhanced content, relative to the first content, that is associated with the plural-bit payload and the media player on the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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