Data transmission by watermark proxy
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1. A method comprising:
- sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, wherein the object identification data comprises plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object;
by reference to said object identification data, identifying a set of data stored in a repository at a remote site, the set of data comprising at least one media content file; and
sending said set of data from said repository, wherein the media content file represents the same media object as originally sensed, but represented with higher fidelity or accuracy.
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Abstract
A media object sensed at one location is delivered at a second remote location, or an application associated with the object is made available at the second location. In some embodiments, the delivered object is of a higher quality than the sensed object. In other embodiments, larger objects requiring higher bandwidth for effective transmission are delivered notwithstanding low bandwidth bottlenecks between the first and second locations. Such advantages are achieved by employing watermark data as proxies for media objects and associated applications.
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36 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, wherein the object identification data comprises plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object;
by reference to said object identification data, identifying a set of data stored in a repository at a remote site, the set of data comprising at least one media content file; and
sending said set of data from said repository, wherein the media content file represents the same media object as originally sensed, but represented with higher fidelity or accuracy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 10, 14, 15)
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3. A method comprising:
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sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, wherein the object identification data comprises plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object;
by reference to said object identification data, identifying a set of data stored in a repository at a remote site, the set of data comprising at least one media content file; and
sending said set of data from said repository, wherein the decoding is also performed by said first device, and the method includes sending at least a part of the watermark data from the first device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, the object identification data comprising plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object, wherein the decoding is performed by the first device;
sending at least a part of the watermark data from the first device to a data repository, the data repository being remote from the first device;
by reference to said object identification data, identifying a set of data stored in the data repository, the set of data comprising at least one media content file; and
sending a destination identifier to the data repository from the first device, the data repository thereafter sending the set of data in accordance with said destination identifier. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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7. A method comprising:
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sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, the object identification data comprising plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object, wherein the decoding is performed by said first device;
sending at least a part of the watermark data from the first device to a second device, the second device being remote from the first device;
from the second device, accessing a data repository by use of the at least a part of the watermark data, wherein the second device is distinct from the data repository;
by reference to said object identification data, identifying a set of data stored in the data repository, the set of data comprising at least one media content file;
sending said set of data from said data repository; and
receiving at the second device, the set of data from the data repository. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method comprising:
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sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, the object identification data comprising plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object, wherein the decoding is performed by said first device;
sending at least a part of the watermark data from the first device to a second device, the second device being remote from the first device and being distinct from a data repository at a remote site;
by reference to said object identification data, identifying a set of data stored in the data repository at the remote site, the set of data comprising at least one media content file; and
sending said set of data from said data repository. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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11. A method comprising:
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sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
sending the electronic form of the media object to a second device remote from the first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, the object identification data comprising plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object, the decoding being performed by the second device;
using at least part of said watermark data to access a data repository at a remote site;
by reference to said object identification data, identifying a set of data stored in the data repository at the remote site, the set of data comprising at least one media content file;
sending said set of data from said data repository; and
receiving, at the second device, the set of data from said data repository. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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16. A method of invoking delivery of a set of data from a repository to a destination that includes:
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sensing a media object in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, wherein the object identification data comprises plural-bit watermark data steganographically encoded within the sensed media object; and
transmitting at least some of said decoded object identification data, without transmitting said electronic form, so as to invoke delivery of the set of data from the repository to the destination. - View Dependent Claims (17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of invoking delivery of audio or imagery content from a repository to a destination, said method comprising:
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sensing media in human-perceptible form, and converting same to an electronic form, said sensing and converting being performed by a first device;
decoding object identification data from the electronic form, wherein the object identification data comprises plural-bit data steganographically encoded within the sensed media; and
transmitting at least some of said decoded object identificaiton data, without transmitting said electronic form, so as to invoke delivery of imagery content from the repository to the destination. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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