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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Roger S. Kerr, Brockport, NY (US);
Timothy J. Tredwell, Fairport, NY (US);
Christopher L. Dumont, Rochester, NY (US);
Diane M. Carroll-yacoby, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Paul W. Jones, Churchville, NY (US);
Peter M. Stwertka, Rochester, NY (US);
Roger S. Kerr, Brockport, NY (US);
Timothy J. Tredwell, Fairport, NY (US);
Christopher L. DuMont, Rochester, NY (US);
Diane M. Carroll-Yacoby, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Paul W. Jones, Churchville, NY (US);
Peter M. Stwertka, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking a segment of an image-recording medium and an image-recording medium are provided. In a first aspect of the invention what is provided is a method for distributing an image-recording medium. In accordance with the method, an identifying mark is encoded within a recorded image area on the image-recording medium. A tracking memory is associated with the image-recording medium with the tracking memory having information stored therein. The image-recording medium is distributed to users of the image-recording medium and tracking information from the tracking memory is read and stored in a database that associates the users to whom the image-recording medium has been distributed with the identifying mark recorded in the image area.