Content identification, personal domain, copyright notification, metadata and e-Commerce
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1. A method of managing media content comprising:
- receiving the media content in a personal domain;
extracting a content identifier from the content;
sending a personal domain identifier of the personal domain and the content identifier to a database;
determining, by a programmed computer, from the database whether the personal domain has rights to play the media content based on the content identifier, the personal domain identifier and rights associated with the content identifier and personal domain identifier;
wherein the personal domain identifier represents a group of devices for which a common set of rights for the content is associated through the content identifier; and
presenting a copyright notice depending on whether the personal domain has rights to play the media content.
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Abstract
Piracy of digital content is currently a large problem. Copyright notification and sales of metadata can help counteract the problem. The novel solution shows different methods to provide copyright notification and sell metadata, such as including identification of the content (via digital watermarks, fingerprints, or header data) and a personal domain. Metadata is ideal to sell since it is dynamic, and, thus, is accessed from a master server.
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1. A method of managing media content comprising:
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receiving the media content in a personal domain; extracting a content identifier from the content; sending a personal domain identifier of the personal domain and the content identifier to a database; determining, by a programmed computer, from the database whether the personal domain has rights to play the media content based on the content identifier, the personal domain identifier and rights associated with the content identifier and personal domain identifier;
wherein the personal domain identifier represents a group of devices for which a common set of rights for the content is associated through the content identifier; andpresenting a copyright notice depending on whether the personal domain has rights to play the media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for distributing metadata associated with media content, the method comprising:
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receiving the media content in a personal domain; extracting a content identifier from the content; sending a personal domain identifier of the personal domain and the content determining, by a programmed computer, from the database whether the personal domain has rights to access metadata about the media content based on the personal domain identifier;
wherein the personal domain identifier represents a group of devices for which a common set of rights for the content is associated through the content identifier; andpresenting a user selectable option for accessing metadata depending on whether the personal domain has rights to access metadata. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of distributing metadata associated with media content, the method comprising:
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maintaining a personal domain identifier for different devices in a personal domain; maintaining content identifiers to identify media content and associate metadata with media content items; using, by one or more programmed computers, the personal domain identifier and the content identifiers to determine access rights of a device in the personal domain to the metadata associated with the media content items; and sharing of metadata for a content item with devices in the personal domain when the personal domain has rights to access the metadata for the content item as determined from the access rights. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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