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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Andrew Kuzma, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Kuzma, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to monitor the quality of distributed multimedia content over a network is disclosed. A digital watermark is embedded into the multimedia content. Various monitoring clients are disbursed over the network. The monitoring clients receive the multimedia content and examine the digital watermark. Statistical information relating to the degradation of the content is then gathered by an analysis of the watermark.