Authorizing the production of visual images from digital images
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1. A method for authorizing the making of a visual image from a digital image, comprising the steps of:
- a) storing the digital image having embedded authorization information embedded in the digital image which embedded information is visually imperceptible to a human eye and which does not visually impair the digital image;
b) extracting the authorization information from the digital image;
c) addressing the memory and causing the digital image to be delivered to an imaging device at a remote location;
d) verifying that the extracted embedded authorization information permits the imaging device to form the visual image of the digital image; and
e) after the verifying step using the imaging device to form the visual image from the digital image.
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Abstract
A method for authorizing the making of a visual image from a digital image includes receiving the digital image having embedded authorization information, extracting the authorization information from the digital image, and verifying that the extracted embedded authorization information permits an imaging device to form the visual image of the digital image. After the verifying step, the imaging device forms the visual image from the digital image.
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1. A method for authorizing the making of a visual image from a digital image, comprising the steps of:
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a) storing the digital image having embedded authorization information embedded in the digital image which embedded information is visually imperceptible to a human eye and which does not visually impair the digital image;
b) extracting the authorization information from the digital image;
c) addressing the memory and causing the digital image to be delivered to an imaging device at a remote location;
d) verifying that the extracted embedded authorization information permits the imaging device to form the visual image of the digital image; and
e) after the verifying step using the imaging device to form the visual image from the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14)
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2. A method for authorizing and making payment for the making of a visual image from a digital image, comprising the steps of:
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a) storing the digital image having embedded authorization information and image-access information embedded in the digital image which embedded information is visually imperceptible t o a human eye and which does not visually impair the digital image;
b) addressing the memory and causing the digital image to be delivered to an imaging device at a remote location;
c) extracting the authorization information and the image-access information from the digital image, the image-access information including the receiver of payment;
d) verifying that the extracted embedded authorization information permits the imaging device to form the visual image of the digital image;
e) making payment to the receiver of payment; and
f) after the verification step using the imaging device to form the visual image from the digital image.
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3. A method for producing a visual image having selected properties and for providing payment therefor, comprising the steps of:
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a) storing the digital image having embedded image-access information, embedded in the digital image which embedded information is visually imperceptible invisible to a human eye and which does not visually impair the digital image, in an electronic memory, the image-access information including the receiver of payment and selectable image properties for which different payments are to be made;
b) accessing the electronic memory and extracting the image-access information from the digital image;
c) selecting at least one property from the selectable image properties for producing the visual image;
d) making payment to the receiver of payment based on at least in part one selected image property; and
e) producing the visual image in response to the selected property and the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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