DETECTING DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for detecting distribution of multimedia content. The volume level of data traffic is monitored for a plurality of users to select any users with high-bandwidth usage. The time of day and the day of the week may be considered when determining whether a user is a high-bandwidth user. Upon selecting a user as one with high-bandwidth usage, such user may be subject to packet inspections of data traffic streams. In some embodiments, content identification parameters or watermarks are added to one or more packets in a data traffic stream carrying multimedia content.
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25. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program instructions for implementing a data distribution detector application, the program instructions including instructions to:
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compare a volume of upstream data traffic associated with a user to a threshold volume; when the volume of upstream data traffic reaches the threshold volume, compare an estimated volume of traffic associated with an ordering history of the user to the volume of upstream data traffic; and when the volume of upstream data traffic exceeds the estimated volume, compare an identification parameter associated with the volume of traffic to known identification parameters. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A data processing system for detecting multimedia content distribution, comprising:
a processor configured to access a memory, wherein the memory includes program instructions, executable by the processor, including instructions to; attach a content identification parameter to a portion of multimedia content sent to a plurality of users; identify a selected user included in the plurality of users based on a high bandwidth usage, wherein high bandwidth usage is indicated by a volume of upstream data traffic for the user exceeding a predetermined threshold; when a volume of upstream data traffic exceeds an estimated volume of traffic determined based on an ordering history of the selected user, flag the selected user as a possible redistributor of the multimedia content. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer-implemented method of detecting distribution of multimedia content, the method comprising:
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monitoring, by a server, a volume of upstream data traffic for a user; comparing an estimated volume of traffic, determined based on an ordering history associated with the user, to the volume of upstream data traffic; and when the volume of upstream data traffic exceeds the estimated volume, comparing a content identification parameter associated with the volume of upstream data traffic with at least one known identification parameter. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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