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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:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Tony F. Rodriguez, Portland, OR (US);
Trent J. Brundage, Portland, OR (US);
Steven Michael Shovoly, Portland, OR (US);
Tony F. Rodriguez, Portland, OR (US);
Trent J. Brundage, Portland, OR (US);
Steven Michael Shovoly, Portland, OR (US);
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to steganography, data hiding and digital watermarking as they may apply to maps, images and video. One claim recites a method of identifying locations on a map. The map is to be displayed via a computer display. The method includes: receiving data representing a first image; analyzing the data to obtain information steganographically encoded therein, the information comprises or links to first location information associated with the first image; providing a map including an area associated with the first location information, wherein the map is to be displayed via a computer display; and visually or graphically identifying a first location on the map that is associated with the first location information. Of course, other combinations are provided and claimed as well.
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