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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. 20, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Jason Charles Pelly, Reading, GB;
Stephen Mark Keating, Reading, GB;
Inventors:
Jason Charles Pelly, Reading, GB;
Stephen Mark Keating, Reading, GB;
Assignee:
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of transferring information signals representing still images, video audio and/or other data comprises sending, the information signals to a recipient apparatus or 'viewer'from a servervia a network. Data indicative of whether or not further data is to be embedded in the information signals is also sent either with the signals or separately. The further data is embedded in the information signals at the viewerin dependence upon the indicative data. The further data is perceptible in the information signals as to degrade them.