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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

May. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Attributor Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

James L. Brock, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

James E. Pitkow, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Attributor Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11B 20/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G11B 20/00173 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract

Video content uploaded from a user, and received at a web-based service, is processed to compute fingerprint data. By reference to the fingerprint data, controlled content included within the received content is identified. A similarity score between the controlled content and the received content is determined. Usage rule data to be applied to the received video content is selected (e.g., based, at least in part, on the determined similarity score), and is applied in governing distribution of the received video content from the web-based service. In some arrangements, the owner of the controlled content is identified, and selection of rule data depends on the identified owner. The owner may have established multiple usage rules, and selection between them may be based, e.g., on a percentage of the controlled content that is included in the received video content. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.


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