Methods and systems employing digital content

• US 7,565,294 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2007
• Issued: 07/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Rhoads, Geoffrey B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johns; Andrew W
• Application Number:
  US11/746,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250195A1
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 705/26, 455/3.04, 455/3.06, 455/414.2, 455/414.3
• US Class Current: 704/270
• 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: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/10 Usage protection of distributed data files
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/16 Copy protection or prevention
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A portable device for use with audio or visual content (e.g., an MP3 player-like device, or a camera-enabled device) is equipped with one or more features/capabilities, including: a user interface through which a consumer can instruct that content be delivered to a different consumer'"'"'s device, the ability to derive identifiers from content and take action(s) based thereon, the ability to count playbacks of content; and/or the ability to interact with remote web services. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

Claims

1. A method comprising the acts:

receiving input from a consumer, through a user interface of a portable consumer electronic device that plays music, the consumer input identifying a song;

querying the consumer as to an intended recipient for the song, by presenting to the consumer a scrollable list of recipient information on a screen of said portable consumer electronic device;

receiving input from the consumer identifying a recipient from said scrollable list; and

sending data from the portable consumer electronic device as a consequence of the foregoing.

2. The method of claim 1 that includes consulting a data storage medium of said device to obtain an address corresponding to the recipient identified from the scrollable list.

3. The method of claim 1 that includes consulting a data storage medium of said device to obtain an IP address corresponding to the recipient identified from the scrollable list.

4. The method of claim 1 in which the sending comprises sending data wirelessly from the portable consumer electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 that includes capturing at least a portion of the identified song using a microphone in the portable consumer electronic device, and producing digital data from the captured portion of the song for processing.

6. A programmed portable consumer electronic device storing instructions in memory, wherein said instructions are executed by said programmed portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 1.

7. A computer readable media comprising instructions stored thereon, wherein said instructions are executed by a processor in said portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 1.

8. A method including the acts:

receiving input from a consumer, though a user interface of a portable consumer electronic device that plays music, the input serving to indicate a particular song and an intended recipient for the song; and

sending data from the portable consumer electronic device as a consequence of the foregoing;

wherein the user interface that receives the consumer input comprises a gesture-responsive user interface.

9. The method of claim 8 in which the sending comprises sending data wirelessly from the portable consumer electronic device.

10. The method of claim 8 that includes capturing at least a portion of the particular song using a microphone in the portable consumer electronic device, and producing digital data from the captured portion of the song for processing.

11. A programmed portable consumer electronic device storing instructions in memory, wherein said instructions are executed by said programmed portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 8.

12. A computer readable media comprising instructions stored thereon, wherein said instructions are executed by a processor in said portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 8.