Copyright detection and protection system and method

• US 8,775,317 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2013
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Audible Magic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Audible Magic Corporation
• Inventors: Schmelzer, Richard A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Colbert, Ella
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREGG, MARY M
• Application Number:
  US13/915,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20130276138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/383 Anonymous user system
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/102 applying security measure for e-commerce data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/103 applying security measure for protecting copy right protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment, e.g. protection the software providers copyright G06F21/10; data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; secrecy systems or subscription systems H04N7/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 : by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00

Abstract

A method for detecting against unauthorized transmission of digital works comprises the steps of maintaining a registry of information permitting identification of digital copyrighted works, monitoring a network for transmission of at least one packet-based digital signal, extracting at least one feature from the at least one digital signal, comparing the extracted at least one feature with registry information and applying business rules based on the comparison result.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

obtaining, through a network by a computer system, data pertaining to content transmitted during a data transmission transaction;

creating, by the computer system, a fingerprint from the transmitted content;

sending, by the computer system, the data pertaining to the transmitted content to a copyright protection system, the data pertaining to the transmitted content representing the fingerprint of the transmitted content;

receiving, from the copyright protection system, information indicating that at least a portion of the transmitted content matches at least a portion of one of a plurality of registered works, wherein the fingerprint is used to determine the match;

sending the at least portion of the transmitted content and the at least portion of the one of the plurality of registered works that match the at least portion of the transmitted content to a recipient associated with the data transmission transaction;

determining, by the computer system, that the recipient contests blocking of the content being transmitted based on the at least portion of the transmitted content and the at least portion of the one of the plurality of registered works sent to the recipient; and

sending a message to the copyright protection system to enable transmission of the content to continue.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitted content comprises one or more of audio, video, still images, games, or software.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitted content does not include information relevant to copyright violation detection.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the data pertaining to the transmitted content represents at least a portion of a file comprising the transmitted content.

5. A website computer system comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory to

obtain data pertaining to content transmitted during a data transmission transaction;

create a fingerprint from the transmitted content;

send the data pertaining to the transmitted content to a copyright protection system, the data pertaining to the transmitted content representing the perceptual based fingerprint of the transmitted content;

receive information indicating that at least a portion of the transmitted content matches at least a portion of one of a plurality of registered works, wherein the fingerprint is used to determine the match;

send the at least portion of the transmitted content and the at least portion of the one of the plurality of registered works that match the at least portion of the transmitted content to a recipient associated with the data transmission transaction;

determine that the recipient contests blocking of the content being transmitted based on the at least portion of the transmitted content and the at least portion of the one of the plurality of registered works sent to the recipient; and

send a message to the copyright protection system enable transmission of the content to continue.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the transmitted content comprises one or more of audio, video, still images, games, or software.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the transmitted content does not include information relevant to copyright violation detection.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the data pertaining to the transmitted content represents at least a portion of a file comprising the transmitted content.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

obtaining data pertaining to content transmitted during a data transmission transaction;

creating a fingerprint from the transmitted content;

sending the data pertaining to the transmitted content to a copyright protection system, the data pertaining to the transmitted content representing the fingerprint of the transmitted content;

receiving, from the copyright protection system, information indicating that at least a portion of the transmitted content matches at least a portion of one of a plurality of registered works, wherein the fingerprint is used to determine the match;

sending the at least portion of the transmitted content and the at least portion of the one of the plurality of registered works that match the at least portion of the transmitted content to a recipient associated with the data transmission transaction;

determining that the recipient contests blocking of the content being transmitted based on the at least portion of the transmitted content and the at least portion of the one of the plurality of registered works sent to the recipient; and

sending a message to the copyright protection system to enable transmission of the content to continue.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the transmitted content comprises one or more of audio, video, still images, games, or software.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the transmitted content does not include information relevant to copyright violation detection.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the data pertaining to the transmitted content represents at least a portion of a file comprising the transmitted content.