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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:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Applicant:
Yongyong Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Yongyong Xu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/32144 (2013.01); G06F 17/3089 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of embedding a sideband content, including sideband advertising, in a main content is disclosed. The method includes the steps of preparing the main content, preparing the sideband content, and merging the sideband content in the main content such that the sideband content is embedded non-intrusively in the main content. The sideband content may include a watermark, mosaic image or text pattern. Sideband content may be embedded in media content including print media content, online content such as web pages, streaming media content such as radio, television, and video transmissions, and mobile media content.