US 7,035,427 · Granted 2006-04-25
Method and system for managing, accessing and paying for the use of copyrighted electronic media
The present invention provides a method for identifying copyrighted content on a network to help ensure legal uses of the copyrighted content. The method includes searching a network for steganographically embedded content based on predetermined information; comparing data extracted from located content to the predetermined information; and, if the extracted data matches the predetermined information, verifying with a database whether the located content has been licensed for on-line uses.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 7,035,427
- Filing date
- 2004-04-09
- Grant date
- 2006-04-25
- Assignee
- Digimarc Corporation
- Inventor(s)
- RHOADS GEOFFREY B.
- CPC class
- G06T1/0021
Want to file your own patent?
Run your idea through our free scanner — we’ll show you which existing patents are conceptually closest, including this one if it’s a match.
Free patentability scan