Deriving multiple fingerprints from audio or video content

• US 8,607,354 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2007
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Levy, Kenneth L., Meyer, Joel R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gergiso, Techane
• Application Number:
  US11/865,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,262 Days
• Field of Search: 726/26, 713/180
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1063 Personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1073 Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00768 wherein copy control information is used, e.g. for indicating whether a content may be copied freely, no more, once, or never, by setting CGMS, SCMS, or CCI flags
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00855 involving a step of exchanging information with a remote server
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00884 involving a watermark, i.e. a barely perceptible transformation of the original data which can nevertheless be recognised by an algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/162 Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining a first fingerprint of audio or video data. The first fingerprint is stored in a database or record including information pertaining to a first user or first account. The audio or video content is altered to yield a different version of the audio or video content, and a second fingerprint is determined from the different version of the audio or video content. The second fingerprint is stored in a database or recording including information pertaining to a second user or second account.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a first fingerprint of audio or video content;

storing the first fingerprint in a database or record including information pertaining to a first user or first account;

altering, using an electronic processor, the audio or video content to yield a different version of the audio or video content, wherein altering the audio or video content comprises randomly or pseudo-randomly filtering the audio or video content, wherein the alterations that yield the different version of the audio or video content are imperceptible to a listener;

determining a second fingerprint of the different version of the audio or video content; and

storing the second fingerprint in the database or record including information pertaining to a second user or second account.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic processor is a component of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) system that is compatible with at least one other DRM system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic processor is a component of a Digital Rights Management (DRM) system that is compatible with at least one other DRM system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second fingerprint provides a forensic identifier associated with the second user or second account.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first fingerprint or the second fingerprint is associated with system default usage rights.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to buffer audio or video content; and

one or more electronic processors configured to;

determine a first fingerprint from the buffered audio or video content;

store the first fingerprint in a database or record including information pertaining to a first user or first account;

alter the buffered audio or video content by randomly or pseudo-randomly filtering the audio or video content to yield a different version of the buffered audio or video content, wherein the alterations that yield the different version of the audio or video content are imperceptible to a listener;

determine a second fingerprint of the different version of the audio or video content; and

store the second fingerprint in the database or record including information pertaining to a second user or second account.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the apparatus comprises an online music store.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the audio or video content comprises pre-release content and wherein the different version of the audio or video content comprises content for commercial release.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more electronic processors are components of a Digital Rights Management (DRM) system that is compatible with at least one other DRM system.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second fingerprint provides a forensic identifier associated with the second user or second account.

11. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first fingerprint or the second fingerprint is associated with system default usage rights.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

instructions to determine a first fingerprint from audio or video content;

instructions to store the first fingerprint in a database or record including information pertaining to a first user or first account;

instructions to alter the audio or video content to yield a different version of the audio or video content, wherein the instructions to alter the audio or video content comprises instructions to randomly or pseudo-randomly filter the audio or video content, wherein the alterations that yield the different version of the audio or video content are imperceptible to a listener;

instructions to determine a second fingerprint from the different version of the audio or video content; and

instructions to store the second fingerprint in the database or record including information pertaining to a second user or second account.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the audio or video content comprises pre-release content, and wherein the different version of the audio or video content comprises content for commercial release.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the second fingerprint provides a forensic identifier associated with the second user or second account.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the first fingerprint or the second fingerprint is associated with system default usage rights.