Method and apparatus for determining digital A/V content distribution terms based on detected piracy levels
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Abstract
A distribution server distributes A/V content to a recipient according to terms determined from information stored in a database of prior unauthorized copying attributed to that recipient. The copy distributed to the recipient includes identifications of the content and recipient embedded in it by an ID embedder employing a steganographic or watermarking technique. A detection server detects embedded ID'"'"'s in A/V content sampled from various distribution channels, and provides the ID information to the distribution server to update the database of prior unauthorized copying.
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93 Claims
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74. A method implemented in a server for distributing protected material, comprising:
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receiving a request for content from a client;
determining whether the client has a record of pirating content; and
providing a price for the requested content to the client, wherein the price is a modification of a standard price if the client is determined to have a record of pirating content, and the price is the standard price if the client is determined not to have a record of pirating content. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A system for distributing content, comprising one or more servers configured to:
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receive a request for content from a client;
determine whether the client has a record of pirating content; and
provide a price for the requested content to the client, wherein the price is a modification of a standard price if the client is determined to have a record of pirating content, and the price is the standard price if the client is determined not to have a record of pirating content. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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90. A method for generating a piracy history for a recipient of content, comprising:
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procuring a copy of the content through a distribution channel;
reading a recipient identification embedded in the copy, wherein the recipient identification identifies an original recipient of the copy; and
incrementing a stored count associated with the recipient and the content if the original recipient identified in the copy is the recipient, so that the stored count indicates the piracy history for the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (91, 92, 93)
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