Fingerprints and machine-readable codes combined with user characteristics to obtain content or information
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a sensor configured to acquire electronic data corresponding to audio or an image, wherein the audio or image comprises a steganographic watermark embedded therein;
a processor programmed with instructions configured to read the embedded steganographic watermark from the electronic data;
a memory having a unique identifier that uniquely identifies a browser; and
wherein the processor is further programmed with instructions configured to;
communicate with a network resource, wherein the communication comprises a resource locator contained within the watermark and the unique identifier, wherein the network resource identifies a network location based at least in part on the resource locator and user characteristics, wherein the user characteristics are associated with the unique identifier, and wherein the user characteristics comprise user history;
receive communication instructions from the network resource comprising the network location; and
access remotely located content on the network resource.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to processing audio and video data. One claim recites a method of accessing content stored in a remote database. The method includes: receiving video or audio data; decoding an auxiliary machine-readable code from the video or audio data; deriving a fingerprint, which fingerprint is separate from the machine-readable code, from the video or audio data itself; providing user characteristics or an index to user characteristics; and by using the machine-readable code, fingerprint and user characteristics or information obtained with the index to user characteristics, accessing the content stored in the remote database. Of course, additional combinations and claims are provided as well.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a sensor configured to acquire electronic data corresponding to audio or an image, wherein the audio or image comprises a steganographic watermark embedded therein; a processor programmed with instructions configured to read the embedded steganographic watermark from the electronic data; a memory having a unique identifier that uniquely identifies a browser; and wherein the processor is further programmed with instructions configured to; communicate with a network resource, wherein the communication comprises a resource locator contained within the watermark and the unique identifier, wherein the network resource identifies a network location based at least in part on the resource locator and user characteristics, wherein the user characteristics are associated with the unique identifier, and wherein the user characteristics comprise user history; receive communication instructions from the network resource comprising the network location; and access remotely located content on the network resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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acquiring electronic data corresponding to audio or an image, wherein the audio or image comprises a steganographic watermark embedded therein; communicating with a network resource, wherein the communication comprises a resource locator contained within the watermark and a unique identifier that uniquely identifies a browser, wherein the network resource identifies a network location based at least in part on the resource locator and user characteristics, wherein the user characteristics are associated with the unique identifier, wherein the user characteristics comprise user history; receiving communication instructions from the network resource comprising the network location; and
accessing remotely located content on the network resource. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to acquire electronic data corresponding to audio or an image, wherein the audio or image comprises a steganographic watermark embedded therein; instructions to communicate with a network resource, wherein the communication comprises a resource locator contained within the watermark and a unique identifier the uniquely identifies a browser, wherein the network resource identities a network location based at least in part on the resource locator and user characteristics, wherein the user characteristics are associated with a unique identifier, and wherein the user characteristics comprise user history; instructions to receive communication instructions from the network resource comprising the network location; and instructions to access remotely located content on the network resource. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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