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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Hong Heather Yu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Alexander D. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Robert S. Fish, Gillette, NJ (US);
Hong Heather Yu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Alexander D. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Robert S. Fish, Gillette, NJ (US);
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method is provided for distributing multimedia content in an electronic media distribution system. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing active hidden data, where the active hidden data includes a plurality of executable machine instructions; (b) embedding active hidden data into the host data stream, thereby forming an embedded data stream; (c) transmitting the embedded data stream from a content provider device to a player device; (d) extracting the active hidden data from the embedded data stream on the player device; and (e) executing the active hidden data on the player device.