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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katherine G. August, Matawan, NJ (US);
Gregory Alan Wright, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Theodore Sizer, II, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murrary Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/69 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/69 ;
Abstract
A method for combining digital data with a perceptible program signal. The data stream is modulated onto an electromagnetic signal encoding the perceptible signal; the modulating employs a spread spectrum encoding of the data stream. The modulated program signal is transduced into perceptible form. A capture device receives the perceptible signal, and a decoder extracts the spread spectrum encoded data from the received signal. The method is particularly useful in encoding purchase information or watermarking information into the signal.
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