METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTOR AND PREVENTING ILLEGAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
First Claim
1. A system for tracking an illegal distributor and preventing an illegal content distribution, the system comprising:
- a forensic mark generator for receiving content and a content identification code from a content providing apparatus to generate a forensic mark;
a forensic mark database for storing the generated forensic mark and storing content transaction information when requested to transmit the content information by a content utilization apparatus afterward;
a forensic mark insertion unit for inserting the forensic mark into the content;
a content database for storing the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted; and
a content transmitter for transmitting the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted to the content utilization apparatus.
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Abstract
A system for tracking an illegal distributor and preventing an illegal content distribution includes: a forensic mark generator for receiving content and a content identification code from a content providing apparatus to generate a forensic mark; a forensic mark database for storing the generated forensic mark; a forensic mark insertion unit for inserting the forensic mark into the content; and a content database for storing the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted. The system further includes a content transmitter for transmitting the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted to the content utilization apparatus.
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1. A system for tracking an illegal distributor and preventing an illegal content distribution, the system comprising:
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a forensic mark generator for receiving content and a content identification code from a content providing apparatus to generate a forensic mark; a forensic mark database for storing the generated forensic mark and storing content transaction information when requested to transmit the content information by a content utilization apparatus afterward; a forensic mark insertion unit for inserting the forensic mark into the content; a content database for storing the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted; and a content transmitter for transmitting the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted to the content utilization apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for tracking an illegal distributor and preventing an illegal content distribution, the method comprising:
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receiving content and a content identification code from a content providing apparatus to generate a forensic mark; storing the generated forensic mark in a forensic mark database; inserting the forensic mark into the content; storing the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted in a content database; storing content transaction information in the forensic mark database when requested to transmit the content by a content utilization apparatus afterward; and transmitting the content into which the forensic mark has been inserted to the content utilization apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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