Systems and Methods for Authenticating Digital Content

• US 20160197938A1
• Filed: 01/06/2016
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Antonius Adrianus Van Overbruggen
• Original Assignee: Robert Antonius Adrianus Van Overbruggen
• Inventors: van Overbruggen, Robert Antonius Adrianus
• Granted Patent: US 10,262,118 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party

Abstract

A digital marking module in a first computer memory receives a data file including original media content. The digital marking module accesses, from a second computer memory, identifying information corresponding to a recipient of the data file. The digital marking module generates altered media content to include the identifying information and substantially include the original media content. The data file with the altered media content is transmitted to a recipient device. The altered media content is received by a digital mark reader. The identifying information corresponding to the recipient of the data file is read from the altered media content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a digital marking module in a first computer memory, a data file comprising original media content;

accessing, by the digital marking module from a second computer memory, identifying information corresponding to a recipient of the data file;

generating, by the digital marking module, altered media content to include the identifying information and substantially include the original media content;

transmitting the data file comprising the altered media content to a recipient device;

receiving, by a digital mark reader, the altered media content;

reading, from the altered media content, the identifying information corresponding to the recipient of the data file;

accessing a third computer memory storing an association between the identifying information and the recipient of the received altered media content to determine an identity of the recipient; and

providing data identifying the recipient associated with the received altered media content.

2. The method of claim 1, the generating further comprising:

embedding, in the original media content, the identifying information in a frequency encoded representation.

3. The method of claim 2, the generating comprising distributing a plurality of components comprising the identifying information to locations throughout the altered media content that are not human-readable when viewed in the frequency encoded representation.

4. The method of claim 1, the reading comprising accessing the identifying information according to a mapping that specifies locations in the altered media content that contain the identifying information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, to the recipient and in response to the generating, a user-perceptible message separate from the identifying information and the original media content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the original media content is an audio file or a video file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the altered media content is based on receiving electronic confirmation that the identifying information matches at least a portion of transaction information provided by the recipient prior to the generating and the transmitting.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying information includes a key that is required to play the altered media content.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transient, machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a digital marking module in a first computer memory, a data file comprising original media content;

accessing, by the digital marking module from a second computer memory, identifying information corresponding to a recipient of the data file;

generating, by the digital marking module, altered media content to include the identifying information and substantially include the original media content;

transmitting the data file comprising the altered media content to a recipient device;

receiving, by a digital mark reader, the altered media content;

reading, from the altered media content, the identifying information corresponding to the recipient of the data file;

accessing a third computer memory storing an association between the identifying information and the recipient of the received altered media content to determine an identity of the recipient; and

providing data identifying the recipient associated with the received altered media content.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, the generating further comprising:

embedding, in the original media content, the identifying information in a frequency encoded representation.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, the generating comprising distributing a plurality of components comprising the identifying information to locations throughout the altered media content that are not human-readable when viewed in the frequency encoded representation.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, the reading comprising accessing the identifying information according to a mapping that specifies locations in the altered media content that contain the identifying information.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the original media content is an audio file or a video file.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the transmitting of the altered media content is based on receiving electronic confirmation that the identifying information matches at least a portion of transaction information provided by the recipient prior to the generating and the transmitting.

15. A system comprising:

a programmable processor; and

a non-transient machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by a digital marking module in a first computer memory, a data file comprising original media content;

accessing, by the digital marking module from a second computer memory, identifying information corresponding to a recipient of the data file;

generating, by the digital marking module, altered media content to include the identifying information and substantially include the original media content;

transmitting the data file comprising the altered media content to a recipient device;

receiving, by a digital mark reader, the altered media content;

reading, from the altered media content, the identifying information corresponding to the recipient of the data file;

accessing a third computer memory storing an association between the identifying information and the recipient of the received altered media content to determine an identity of the recipient; and

providing data identifying the recipient associated with the received altered media content.

16. The system of claim 15, the generating further comprising:

embedding, in the original media content, the identifying information in a frequency encoded representation.

17. The system of claim 16, the generating comprising distributing a plurality of components comprising the identifying information to locations throughout the altered media content that are not human-readable when viewed in the frequency encoded representation.

18. The system of claim 15, the reading comprising accessing the identifying information according to a mapping that specifies locations in the altered media content that contain the identifying information.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the original media content is an audio file or a video file.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the transmitting of the altered media content is based on receiving electronic confirmation that the identifying information matches at least a portion of transaction information provided by the recipient prior to the generating and the transmitting.