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Active Watermarks and Watermark Agents

  • US 20080056531A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2007
  • Published: 03/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for responding to a watermark in a watermarked digital representation in a system that has access to storage including storage containing the watermarked digital representation, the apparatus comprising:

  • a watermark agent in the storage that includes a program which, when executed, responds to the watermark by causing the system to perform an action involving the watermarked digital representation; and

    a watermark agent engine that provides an environment in the system for executing the watermark agent'"'"'s program and executes the watermark agents program in the environment, the watermarked digital representation being accessible to the system for a purpose other than having the watermark read.

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