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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Neil E. Lofgren, Portland, OR (US);
Phillip Andrew Seder, Portland, OR (US);
Brian T. Macintosh, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Neil E. Lofgren, Portland, OR (US);
Phillip Andrew Seder, Portland, OR (US);
Brian T. MacIntosh, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A variety of systems and embodiments are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method including: maintaining a database including a plurality of records stored therein; obtaining first information derived from image or video data, the first information being derived remotely relative to performance of said method, the first information comprising a reduced-bit representation of the image or video data itself; determining whether the first information has been previously received with reference to at least the plurality of records stored in the database; and disregarding a request or action associated with the first information if the first information has been previously received. Of course, other combinations are provided and claimed as well.