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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rick A. Haminton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);

Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/30 (2013.01); H04N 5/44508 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/85403 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects provide digital media content as a function of embedded environmental impact data. When a digital multimedia item is received, an embedded environmental impact value is decoded and the item is utilized as a function of the decoded embedded environmental impact value. Some aspects account for amounts and types of energy used in creating the item to calculate an environmental impact value for the item, and the calculated environmental impact value is embedded within digital data of the item.


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