Nec Europe Ltd.

Nec Corporation

Daniele Abbadessa

Joao Girao

Miquel Martin Lopez

Oleg Neuwirt

Sachin Agarwal

Disclosed is a method for identifying content, preferably media content for publishing including the steps of a) Providing a content element for a user, b) Marking the content element with a global mark, c) Marking the content element with a local mark, d) Presenting the marked content element, e) Detecting at least part of the presented content element, f) Extracting the global mark and the local mark from the detected part of the content element, g) Identifying the extracted local mark and the global mark, and h) Identifying the content element based on the global and local mark. The invention relates also to a corresponding system and a use of the method and the system.

Method and system for identifying content

A system and method for managing an application on a home user equipment, preferably a set-top-box of a television, the method includes the steps of:

Method and system for managing applications on home user equipment

Digital content on demand (CoD) is provided under a group purchase option that permits separately located users to receive access on demand to a desired content with group-related benefits including discounted price discount or synchronized viewing.

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Heidelberg, Germany

Daniele Abbadessa