WATERMARKING AND SIGNAL RECOGNITION FOR MANAGING AND SHARING CAPTURED CONTENT, METADATA DISCOVERY AND RELATED ARRANGEMENTS

• US 20150016661A1
• Filed: 05/05/2014
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Lord, John D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,454,789 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0021 Image watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2201/005 Image watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/018 Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467

Abstract

Content played at an event is identified using watermarking and/or other content recognition combined with contextual metadata, which facilitates identification and correlation with other content and metadata when it is posted to a network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an item of content captured by an electronic device associated with a user;

obtaining information extracted from the received item of captured content; and

by reference to the obtained information, correlating the received item of captured content with at least one selected from the group consisting of;

at least one other item of captured content,

at least one item metadata associated with the at least one other item of captured content, and

at least one item of metadata associated with the information extracted from the received item of captured content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received item of captured content comprises audio content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the received item of captured content comprises imagery.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtained information comprises a digital watermark embedded within the received item of captured content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the obtained information comprises information identifying the embedded watermark.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the obtained information comprises information describing a characteristic of the received item of captured content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtained information comprises a content fingerprint derived from the received item of captured content.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising extracting the information from the received item of captured content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of correlating the received item of captured content is based on the obtained information.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising identifying at least one item of metadata associated with the obtained information, wherein the act of correlating the received item of captured content is based on the at least one identified item of metadata.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising synchronizing the received item of captured content with at least one other item of captured content correlated with the received item of captured content.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising, by reference to the obtained information, aggregating data associated with at least one selected from the group consisting of the obtained information and at least one item of metadata associated with the obtained information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the aggregated data comprises at least one item of content.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising aggregating data that is associated with the aggregated data.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing user device access to the aggregated data.

17. The method of claim 12, further including providing a site at which user devices obtain a graphical view of aggregated metadata.

18. The method of claim 12, further including providing a site at which user devices obtain a graphical view of aggregated items of content.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the aggregated items of content are synchronized by watermarks extracted from the aggregated items of content.

14. The method of claim 14, wherein the aggregated data comprises at least one item of metadata.

20. A method comprising:

receiving an item of content captured by an electronic device associated with a user;

obtaining information extracted from the received item of captured content; and

by reference to the obtained information, aggregating data associated with at least one selected from the group consisting of the obtained information and at least one item of metadata associated with the obtained information.

21. A method comprising:

receiving, at a network system configured to render at least one network service to posted items of content, an item of posted content captured by an electronic device associated with a user;

obtaining information extracted from the received item of posted content;

by reference to the obtained information, making a determination as to at least one service to be rendered in regards to the received item of posted content; and

rendering the at least one determined service to the received item of posted content based on the determination.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the network system is a content hosting system.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the network system is a social networking system.

24. A method comprising:

processing an item of content to extract a first digital watermark layer from the item of content; and

by reference to the extracted first digital watermark, embedding a second digital watermark layer into the item of content.