SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING UNAUTHORIZED CONTENT USAGE
First Claim
1. A system for identifying an unauthorized display of content, comprising:
- a preprocessor device that preprocesses the content for subsequent insertion of semi-visible information;
an inserter device that inserts a semi-visible watermark into the content as having been preprocessed by the preprocessor device, wherein the semi-visible watermark corresponds to a subscriber identifier;
an observation device that executes processing comprising;
receiving an input from an observer that observes a display of the content that includes the semi-visible watermark, wherein the input corresponds to the semi-visible watermark, andprocessing the input to generate an input result; and
a subscriber information device that stores a plurality of subscriber identifiers and that identifies a particular subscriber by comparing the input result and the plurality of subscriber identifiers.
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Abstract
In one embodiment the present invention includes a system for identifying an unauthorized display of content. The system includes a preprocessor, an inserter, an observation device, and a subscriber information device. The preprocessor device preprocesses the content for subsequent insertion of semi-visible information. The inserter device inserts a semi-visible watermark into the content as having been preprocessed by the preprocessor device. The semi-visible watermark corresponds to a subscriber identifier. The observation device executes processing, including receiving an input from an observer that observes a display of the content that includes the semi-visible watermark. The input corresponds to the semi visible watermark. The processing further includes processing the input to generate an input result. The subscriber information device stores subscriber identifiers and identifies a particular subscriber by comparing the input result and the subscriber identifiers.
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40 Claims
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1. A system for identifying an unauthorized display of content, comprising:
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a preprocessor device that preprocesses the content for subsequent insertion of semi-visible information; an inserter device that inserts a semi-visible watermark into the content as having been preprocessed by the preprocessor device, wherein the semi-visible watermark corresponds to a subscriber identifier; an observation device that executes processing comprising; receiving an input from an observer that observes a display of the content that includes the semi-visible watermark, wherein the input corresponds to the semi-visible watermark, and processing the input to generate an input result; and a subscriber information device that stores a plurality of subscriber identifiers and that identifies a particular subscriber by comparing the input result and the plurality of subscriber identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of identifying an unauthorized display of content, comprising:
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preprocessing the content for subsequent insertion of semi-visible information; inserting a semi-visible watermark into the content as having been preprocessed, wherein the semi-visible watermark corresponds to a subscriber identifier; receiving an input from an observer that observes a display of the content that includes the semi-visible watermark, wherein the input corresponds to the semi visible watermark; processing the input to generate an input result; and identifying a particular subscriber by comparing the input result and a plurality of subscriber identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. An apparatus including a device for preprocessing content for subsequent insertion of semi-visible information, comprising:
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a receiver device that receives the content; a preprocessor device that preprocesses the content according to a human visual system model for subsequent insertion of the semi-visible information, and that generates preprocessed content; and a transmitter device that transmits the preprocessed content for subsequent insertion of the semi-visible information.
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22. An apparatus including a device for inserting semi-visible information into preprocessed content, comprising:
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a receiver device that receives the preprocessed content, wherein the preprocessed content has been preprocessed according to a human visual system model; and an inserter device that inserts a semi-visible watermark into the preprocessed content, wherein the semi-visible watermark corresponds to a subscriber identifier, and that generates watermarked content.
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23. A system for identifying an unauthorized display of content, comprising:
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a preprocessor device that preprocesses the content for subsequent insertion of semi-visible information; an inserter device that inserts semi-visible watermarks into the content as having been preprocessed by the preprocessor device, wherein each semi-visible watermark denotes the value of one element of a set of elements, the set in aggregate constituting a unique identifier traceable to at least one of the inserter device and a responsible subscriber; an observation device that executes processing comprising; receiving an input from an observer that observes a display of the content that includes the semi-visible watermarks, wherein the input corresponds to the observed semi-visible watermarks, and processing the input to determine the unique identifier corresponding to the set of observed semi-visible watermarks; and a subscriber information device that stores a plurality of subscriber identifiers and that identifies a particular subscriber by comparing the unique identifier and the plurality of subscriber identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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