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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:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Applicant:
Eric E. Ellingson, McMinnville, OR (US);
Inventor:
Eric E. Ellingson, McMinnville, OR (US);
Assignee:
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
User attribute data, such as a retinal scan or fingerprint data, is encoded into a media signal as it is captured in media capture device, such as a camera, video recorder, etc. The user attribute data uniquely associates the creator with the content he or she creates. By steganographically embedding the user attribute data into the content at or near the time of capture, the creator of the content can be authenticated at a subsequent time. In addition, alteration of the content can be detected.