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USOO9224145B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.224,145 B1 Evans et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 29, 2015 (54) VENUE BASED DIGITAL RIGHTS USING 34: A 1 t 3. E. CAPTURE DEVICE WITH DGITAL 4,017,680W . A 4, 1977 AndersonUZaWa et al. WATERMARKING CAPABILITY 4,057,830 A 1 1/1977 Adcock 4,081,752 A 3, 1978 Sumi (75) Inventors: Gregory Morgan Evans, Raleigh, NC 4,125,111 A 1 1/1978 Hudspeth et al. (US); James Evans, Apex, NC (US); 4,131,919 A 12/1978 Lloyd et al. Thomas Roberts, Fuquay-Varina, NC (Continued) (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Qurio Holdings, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US) AD 8-223524. A 8, 1996 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this DE 3518887 C1 9, 1986 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 1394 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 11/512,575 “Kodak DC220/260 Camera Twain Acquire Module.” Eastman 22) Filed: Aug. 30, 2006 Kodak Company, 1998, 4 pages. (22) Filed: ug. 5U, (Continued) (51) Int. Cl. G06F2L/00 (2006.01) Primary Examiner — Charles C Agwumezie H04N 7/2 (2006.01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Withrow & Terranova, G06K 9/00 (2006.01) PLLC G06O20/40 (2012.01) (52) U.S. Cl. (57) ABSTRACT CPC .................................. G06O20/4014 (2013.01) A system for tracking copyright compliance comprises a (58) Field of Classification Search database, the database including unique identifiers for a plu CPC .................................................. G06Q2220/18 rality of content capture devices. The unique identifiers may USPC ................................................ 705/51 s 57, 59 be obtained from devices prior to the presentation of protect See application file for complete search history. able content, for example, by pre-registration during the pro cess of obtaining a ticket to a performance or at a security (56) References Cited checkpoint at an event. The unique identifiers may be asso ciated with a copyright policy pertaining to content at the U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS event. Each device may embed its unique identifier in content 610,861 A 9, 1898 Goodwin captured by the device, such as via a watermark. Software 725,034 A 4, 1903 Brownell may obtain data embedded in content and access the database 2,289,555 A 7, 1942 Simons to determine the copyright status of the content by sending a 2,298,382 A 10, 1942 Hutchison, Jr. et al. 3,062,102 A 11, 1962 Martin request including data identifying the capture device. If con RE25,635 E 9, 1964 Nerwin et al. tent is obtained from an unauthorized source, the content may 3.675,549 A 7, 1972 Adair be traced back to a specific device. 3,814,227 A 6, 1974 Stern 3,971,065. A 7/1976 Bayer 8 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets 3d Party, Multi-Party, Of Policy Based Najafieized Chieft sails of Cewice swice it) Reuss Content 8nd Qatific & Resificii istribution Wenue Range Publicly Werifican Sharing Event Accessible Copyright & es Database.-- 22 Policy Flication distributed Sef Database isittituted evice Dis Watermarked Entering Conteat Event User's Ctent --- Wenus Siaraga Security Check User's Jewice Device 8teiime watermarked-C Synchronization COfeit User Oened & Controlled C e n Digital imaging evice with fixede?ics i & Castefine Waterarcing before Cotigressits System Overview for venue Copyright. US 9.224,145 B1 Page 2 (56) References Cited 5,007,027 4, 1991 Shimoi 5,014, 193 5, 1991 Garner et al. 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