Determination of originality of content
First Claim
1. A method comprising the acts:
- receiving video content posted by a user to a web-based service, for distribution by said web-based service to the public;
determining fingerprint data from the video content, using a hardware processor configured to perform such act;
by reference to the determined fingerprint data, determining that the video content includes content that at least partially matches controlled content, and identifying said controlled content;
obtaining usage rule data relating to said identified controlled content, said usage rule data having earlier been established by an owner of the controlled content, wherein application of at least certain of the usage rule data is conditioned on an owner-specified degree of similarity between the video content and the controlled content;
determining a similarity score between the video content and the controlled content; and
governing distribution of the video content based on said usage rule data and on said determined similarity score.
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Abstract
Video content uploaded from a user, and received at a web-based service, is processed to compute fingerprint data. By reference to the fingerprint data, controlled content included within the received content is identified. A similarity score between the controlled content and the received content is determined. Usage rule data to be applied to the received video content is selected (e.g., based, at least in part, on the determined similarity score), and is applied in governing distribution of the received video content from the web-based service. In some arrangements, the owner of the controlled content is identified, and selection of rule data depends on the identified owner. The owner may have established multiple usage rules, and selection between them may be based, e.g., on a percentage of the controlled content that is included in the received video content. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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28 Claims
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1. A method comprising the acts:
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receiving video content posted by a user to a web-based service, for distribution by said web-based service to the public; determining fingerprint data from the video content, using a hardware processor configured to perform such act; by reference to the determined fingerprint data, determining that the video content includes content that at least partially matches controlled content, and identifying said controlled content; obtaining usage rule data relating to said identified controlled content, said usage rule data having earlier been established by an owner of the controlled content, wherein application of at least certain of the usage rule data is conditioned on an owner-specified degree of similarity between the video content and the controlled content; determining a similarity score between the video content and the controlled content; and governing distribution of the video content based on said usage rule data and on said determined similarity score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising the acts:
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receiving content posted by a user to a web-based service, for distribution by said web-based service to the public; computing fingerprint data from the received content, using a hardware processor configured to perform such act; by reference to the computed fingerprint data, detecting and identifying copyrighted content included in the received content; obtaining usage rule data relating to said identified copyrighted content, said usage rule data having earlier been established by an owner of copyright in said copyrighted content via data entered through a user interface, said interface enabling the copyright owner to elect whether advertising revenue from content that includes the copyrighted content is to be shared with the copyright owner, or not; and permitting distribution of the received content from the web-based service, in accordance with the usage rule data; wherein the received content was received by the web-based service from a user whose posting of such content was without permission of the copyright owner, but the method results in distribution of the received content from said service with approval of the copyright owner. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising the acts:
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receiving video content posted by a user to a web-based service, for distribution by said web-based service to the public; computing fingerprint data from the video content, using a hardware processor configured to perform such act; by reference to the computed fingerprint data, detecting and identifying copyrighted content found to at least partially match the video content, copyright in said copyrighted content being held by a copyright owner; and distributing the video content to the public; wherein the method further includes; providing a first user interface enabling the copyright owner to elect whether advertising revenue from the video content is to be shared with the copyright owner, or not; and providing a second user interface showing the copyright owner one or more items of user-posted video content hosted by said web-based service that are identified as a match with said copyrighted content. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method comprising the acts:
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receiving content posted by a user to a web-based service, for distribution by said web-based service to the public, the received content including copyrighted content for which copyright is held by a copyright owner; computing fingerprint data from the received content, using a hardware processor configured to perform such act; by reference to the computed fingerprint data, detecting and identifying the copyrighted content included in the received content; determining a similarity score between the received content and the copyrighted content; and governing distribution of the received content to the public in accordance with restrictions required by the copyright owner; the method further including providing a user interface that enables the copyright owner to specify a similarity score, wherein if the determined similarity score exceeds said specified similarity score, distribution of the received content is prevented; wherein different copyright owners can use said interface to specify different similarity scores required to prevent distribution of their respective content. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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