Determination of originality of content

• US 20080178302A1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lemon, Inc. (Gen Digital Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Attributor Corporation (Digimarc Corporation)
• Inventors: Brock, James L., Pitkow, James E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,707,459 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9536 Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• 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: G06Q 30/0247 Calculate past, present or future revenues
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00173 wherein the origin of the content is checked, e.g. determining whether the content has originally been retrieved from a legal disc copy or another trusted source
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management

Abstract

Making a determination of originality of content is disclosed. At least one originality factor related to the content is analyzed, wherein the originality factor is independent of a time when the content is detected. Based on the analysis of the at least one originality factor, automatically the determination is automatically made. The determination is outputted.

Claims

1. A method of making a determination of originality of content including:

analyzing at least one originality factor related to the content, wherein the originality factor is independent of a time when the content is detected;

based on the analysis of the at least one originality factor, automatically making the determination; and

outputting the determination.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the determination includes whether the content is most likely original.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the determination includes an originality score.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one originality factor is related to whether a host or a claimed owner of the content is registered, authenticated, or legally bound.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one originality factor includes direct or indirect attribution to the content.

6. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the attribution includes one or more links.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one originality factor includes similarity to one or more matches.

8. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein similarity includes whether the content is a subset of one or more matches, a superset of one or more matches, or identical to one or more matches.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one originality factor includes a quality of the content.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one originality factor includes an extent of duplication.

11. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein the extent of duplication includes a number of matches.

12. A method as recited in claim 10, wherein the extent of duplication includes a number of matches that provides attribution.

13. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the originality factors includes reputation of a host or a claimed owner of the content.

14. A method as recited in claim 13, wherein reputation is based on direct or indirect attribution to a web location or content associated with the host or the claimed user.

15. A method as recited in claim 13, wherein reputation is based on attribution from a web location associated with the host or the claimed user.

16. A method as recited in claim 1, further including analyzing at least one originality factor related to matching content.

17. A method as recited in claim 1, further including determining a time associated with the content.

18. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein the time includes a time stamp of the content, matching content, or attributing content.

19. A method as recited in claim 1, further including providing the determination to a search engine, an advertising network, or a content host.

20. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein a search engine uses the determination to display search results.

21. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein a search engine uses the determination to order, determine the inclusion of, or otherwise indicate originality in the display of search results.

22. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein an advertising network uses the determination to determine whether or how to provide advertising revenue or other benefit.

23. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein content is presented with an indication of originality.

24. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the content is a first content object in a collection of content and further including designating the collection of content based at least in part on the determination of originality of the first content object.

25. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the content is a first content object in a collection of content and further including designating the collection of content based at least in part on whether the first content object is properly attributed.

26. A system for making a determination of originality of content including:

a processor configured to;

analyze at least one originality factor related to the content, wherein the originality factor is independent of a time when the content is detected;

based on the analysis of the at least one originality factor, automatically make the determination; and

output the determination; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory provides the processor with instructions.

27. A computer program product for making a determination of originality of content, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

analyzing at least one originality factor related to the content, wherein the originality factor is independent of a time when the content is detected;

based on the analysis of the at least one originality factor, automatically making the determination; and

outputting the determination.