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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:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Dhiraj Kacker, Burlingame, CA (US);
Russell Ennio Muzzolini, San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dhiraj Kacker, Burlingame, CA (US);
Russell Ennio Muzzolini, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shutterfly, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-assisted method for detecting copyright protection in digital images receives a digital image, searches for capture device information associated with the digital image, calculates one or more image characteristics of the digital image, and verifies copyright ownership and usage authorization of the digital image in response to the capture device information and the calculated image characteristics.