Context sensitive connected content

• US 8,332,478 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2001
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Levy, Kenneth L., Rhoads, Geoffrey B., Stager, Reed R., Rodriguez, Tony F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tiv, Backhean
• Application Number:
  US09/952,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20020033844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,109 Days
• Field of Search: 705/51, 713/173, 345/744, 709/217, 709/231, 709/247, 709/220, 709/223, 709/249
• US Class Current: 709/217
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32144 embedded in the image data, i.e. enclosed or integrated in the image, e.g. watermark, super-imposed logo or stamp
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32272 Encryption or ciphering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3219 of a job status, e.g. successful execution

Abstract

The disclosure describes a method of connecting multimedia content to a network resource. This method operates in a computer network environment. Operating in a network connected device, the method extracts an identifier from a media signal, such as from a digital watermark, perceptual hash, or other machine extracted signal identifier. It then sends the identifier to a network along with context information indicating device type information. From the network, the method receives related data associated with the media signal via the identifier. The related data is adapted to the network connected device based on the device type information. This device type information may include a display type, so that the related date may be formatted for rendering on the display type of the device. This device type information may also include a connection speed so that the related data may be optimized for the connection speed of the device.

Claims

1. A method of connecting multimedia content to a network resource comprising:

in a network connected device, extracting an identifier from a media signal;

sending the identifier to a network along with context information indicating device type information, where the identifier is used to look up related data for the media signal;

from the network, receiving the related data associated with the media signal via the identifier, where a format of the related data is adapted to the network connected device based on the device type information.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the device type information includes a display type of the network connected device, and the related data received from the network is formatted for the display type based on the device type information from the network connected device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the device type information includes a connection speed of the network connected device, and the related data received from the network is selected based on the connection speed.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifier comprises a digital watermark embedded in the media signal.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifier comprises a hash of attributes of the media signal.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the attributes comprise frequency components of the media signal.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifier is processed by a data formatting process on the network used to format Internet content for rendering on a hand held device.

9. A method comprising:

in a network connected device, extracting an identifier from a media signal;

sending the identifier to a network along with context information, where the identifier and context information is used to look up related data for the media signal;

from the network, receiving the related data associated with the media signal via the identifier and context information, wherein the related data includes usage rights and the usage of the media signal in the network connected device is controlled via the usage rights.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the context information comprises a device identifier.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the context information comprises a user identifier.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the context information comprises a device type.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the identifier is carried in a digital watermark embedded in the media signal.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein the identifier comprises a hash of attributes of the media signal.

15. A method comprising:

in a network connected device, extracting an identifier from a media signal;

using the identifier and context information to identify usage rights for the media signal; and

controlling rendering, playback or transfer of the media signal in accordance with the usage rights.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the context information comprises a device identifier.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the context information comprises a user identifier.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the context information comprises a device type.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the identifier is carried in a digital watermark embedded in the media signal.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the identifier comprises a hash of attributes of the media signal.