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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. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Phillip Andrew Seder, Portland, OR (US);
Marc D. Miller, Fairfax, CA (US);
Brian T. Macintosh, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
William C. Hein, Iii, Glenmoore, PA (US);
Brett T. Hannigan, Portland, OR (US);
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Phillip Andrew Seder, Portland, OR (US);
Marc D. Miller, Fairfax, CA (US);
Brian T. MacIntosh, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
William C. Hein, III, Glenmoore, PA (US);
Brett T. Hannigan, Portland, OR (US);
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to linking on-line data to printed documents, such as business cards, envelopes, stickers, stationary, letterhead, résumés, etc. In one embodiment, a card-user registers with an on-line database and receives a gallery item including a steganographically-embedded unique identifier. The gallery item, such as a graphical background, text, shading, graphic, etc., is integrated and then printed with a document. The printed document can then be presented an optical-scanner, which outputs data. The output data is decoded to identify the unique identifier. The unique identifier is then used to index into the on-line database to retrieve information related to the proprietor of the document. In one embodiment, the on-line database includes features such as providing an immediate contact number, translation and/or pronunciation ability, and storage of audio/video files.