(54) METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS 4,284,846 A 8/1981 Marley FOR
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Methods and apparatus for embedding digital watermarks into a digital host content are
provided. A digital host content is received, eg, at a receiver or other device incorporating a …

Methods for adapting the operation of a system in response to the detection of embedded
Watermarks from a digital host content are provided. A digital host content is received and …

(57) ABSTRACT Methods and systems include:(1) steganographically embedding location
information in images, Where the loca tion information is obtained from remote sources like …

4,677,466 A 6, 1987 Lert et al. 6,286,036 B1 9, 2001 Rhoads 4,682,370 A 7, 1987 Matthews
6,292,092 B1 9, 2001 Chow et al. 4,697,209 A 9, 1987 Kiewit et al. 6,304,523 B1 10/2001 …

CORRESPONDING RESPONSES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROCESSING US
PATENT DOCUMENTS filed on May 14, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part of application …

H04N 60/29(2006.01) HO) 4N 7/173 (2006.01) sions of media content (Such as audio and
audiovisual con H04N 7/6(2006.01) tent) in order to obtain independent and objective data …

Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into
them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process …

US PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,902,353 A 5/1999 Reber et al. 5,903,892 A 5, 1999 Hoffert et
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The present invention relates generally to fingerprinting, eg, a reduced-bit representation or
other identifier of a media signal (eg, audio, video or still images). One method recites …