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7383991 Packing system having interactive objects  
A packing system is provided having an object to be packed which has an interface surface having coded data identifying the object, and a sensing device for sensing the coded data to generate...
7383984 Shopping system having user interactive identity and product items  
A shopping system is provided having a first interface surface having first coded data identifying a user of the first interface surface, a shopping receptacle having a shopping receptacle...
7357323 Obtaining product item assistance  
A method of requesting assistance relating to a product item is provided. The product item includes an associated interface surface. The interface surface has disposed thereon coded data indicative...
7349552 Connected audio and other media objects  
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 extracts the...
7333957 Connected audio and other media objects  
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 extracts the...
7318374 Wire cloth coffee filtering systems  
A beverage filter assembly, including a frame having a plurality of openings passing therethrough; and a wire cloth filter disposed within the frame.
7314181 Symmetric product identifying tags  
Coded data for disposal on or in an interface surface associated with a product item, the coded data being indicative of an identity of the product item, such that the coded data distinguishes the...
7305416 Network assembly and method for inserting an identification code  
A network assembly and associated method for assigning an identification code to an electronic file includes a reference repository, an indexing unit linked with the reference repository, and an...
7302574 Content identifiers triggering corresponding responses through collaborative processing  
Fingerprint data derived from audio or other content is used as an identifier. The fingerprint data can be derived from the content. In one embodiment, fingerprint data supplied from two or more...
7296737 Shopping receptacle with in-built scales  
A shopping receptacle for receiving and retaining a product item having an interface surface associated therewith, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data including a...
7289643 Method, apparatus and programs for generating and utilizing content signatures  
The present invention relates to deriving and utilizing content signatures. A content signature is a representation of a content item, which is derived from the content item itself. According to...
7270266 Card for facilitating user interaction  
A card for identifying a user to a computer system using a sensing device, the card having an interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data, the coded data including a plurality...
7267273 Packing system  
A packing system is provided comprising a first object and a sensing device. The first object comprises an interface surface having a plurality of tags printed thereon, with each tag containing...
7266704 User-friendly rights management systems and methods  
This application describes methods and systems of performing digital asset management. In one implementation a method of determining whether content should be encrypted when the content is found in...
7261612 Methods and systems for read-aloud books  
The pages of a children's book are marked in a machine-readable manner (e.g., by imperceptible digital watermark technology). When such a page is shown to a camera-equipped computer device, the...
7254249 Embedding location data in video  
Digital watermarking technology is used to convey location data for images or objects depicted in video. A digital watermark may associate geovector information with the video or object and areas...
7251050 Limited return messaging  
A method of limiting communication between an application and a user, via a sensing device interacting with machine-readable coded data printed on a surface, the method comprising the steps,...
7243835 Competition entry via label  
A product label for enabling entry to a competition, the product label comprising: machine-readable coded data indicative of at least an identity of the label, said machine-readable coded data...
7207485 Automatic packaging system  
A method of packing an object, the object having an interface surface having coded data disposed thereon or therein, wherein the coded data includes a plurality of coded data portions, each coded...
7207483 Shopping receptacle with in-built user interface  
A shopping receptacle for facilitating interaction between a user and a computer system, the receptacle being adapted to receive and retain a product item having an interface surface associated...
7197374 Robotic assembly  
A method of assembling an object using a component that has coded data on it, or in it. The coded data is indicative of the components identity and at least one of: i) a position of the...
7197160 Geographic information systems using digital watermarks  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for managing images and related information. In one implementation, geographic information system (GIS) layer information is registered or...
7184572 Using steganographic encoded information with maps  
A map depicts a plurality of different locations. Steganographic encoding is embebbed in first and second map areas. Steganographic encoding in each area conveys an identifier that is associated...
7178719 Facilitating user interaction  
A method of facilitating interaction between a user and a computer system using a product item having an interface surface, the interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data...
7175089 Face determination  
A method of identifying a face of an object having a plurality of faces with each face having coded data disposed thereon or therein. The coded data includes a plurality of coded data portions...
7171018 Portable devices and methods employing digital watermarking  
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 extracts the...
7164413 Enhanced input peripheral  
A mouse having X- and Y-position encoders, and associated circuitry for generating X- and Y-movement data, additionally includes an optical sensor for producing grey-scale image data, thereby...
7156292 Validating competition entry  
A method of validating entry to a competition via interaction of a sensing device with a printed competition entry form comprising coded data indicative of a unique product identifier, the method...
7137566 Product identity data  
Coded data for disposal on or in an interface surface associated with a product item, wherein the coded data includes a plurality of coded data portions disposed on or in the interface surface, and...
7137549 Token redemption  
A method of enabling electronic redemption a plurality of tokens, wherein each the plurality of tokens is disposed on a product label and includes coded data that can be used to determine a unique...
7131596 Symmetric data tags  
Coded data for disposal on or in an interface surface associated with a product item, the coded data being indicative of an identity of the product item, the coded data being arranged in accordance...
7128265 Orientation determination  
A method of determining an orientation of a respective object having an interface surface with coded data. The coded data includes a plurality of coded data portions provided at respective...
7099492 Method of steganographically embedding geo-location data in media  
Digital watermarking technology is used in conjunction with map data, such as is acquired by satellite and other aerial sensors, and as may be generated from databases based on such aerial data....
7098931 Image management system and methods using digital watermarks  
Digital watermarking technology is used in an image management system. Images are uniquely identified by digital watermarks. The images are stored so as to be indexed according to their unique...
7097094 Electronic token redemption  
A method of enabling anonymous electronic redemption of a token printed as part of a product label, the product label including machine-readable coded data, the method including the steps,...
7079278 Image processing apparatus, data processing method, and storage medium  
The present invention provides an image processing system which can make switch-over between a copy-permitted state and a copy-prohibited state automatically according to the type of production...
7061510 Geo-referencing of aerial imagery using embedded image identifiers and cross-referenced data sets  
Digital watermarking technology is used in conjunction with map data, such as is acquired by satellite and other aerial sensors, and as may be generated from databases based on such aerial data....
7058697 Internet linking from image content  
Address information is steganographically encoded into audio or graphic data, and thereafter decoded to permit linking to the internet. The address information can be a literal URL, or may be an...
7042470 Using embedded steganographic identifiers in segmented areas of geographic images and characteristics corresponding to imagery data derived from aerial platforms  
Digital watermarking technology is used in conjunction with map data, such as is acquired by satellite and other aerial sensors. The watermarks are used to track metadata, provide serialization and...
6993152 Hiding geo-location data through arrangement of objects  
The present invention provides steganographic-embedding techniques. In one implementation a digital watermark signal is mapped to a set of spatial positions. Physical message objects are positioned...
6965873 Electronic commerce using optical input device  
Sensing of machine readable indicia associated with a catalog permits on-line ordering of merchandise. A profile of user-specific data (e.g., clothing sizes) can be employed to customize the...
6950519 Geographically watermarked imagery and methods  
An image is digitally watermarked to convey position data about the subject of the image, such as latitude, longitude and elevation of a point depicted therein. Additional information, e.g., about...
6914691 Image processing apparatus, data processing method, and storage medium  
The present invention provides an image processing system which can make switch-over between a copy-permitted state and a copy-prohibited state automatically according to the type of production...
6907568 Tangible icon representing network objects  
A tangible icon is permanently encoded with a URL of a first network object. Links (“shortcuts”) to other network objects are assigned as the contents of the first network object. A person in...
6829368 Establishing and interacting with on-line media collections using identifiers in media signals  
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 extracts the...
6724913 Digital watermarking  
A watermarking method and device to embed a digitized watermark into a digital image file in the transformation domain is disclosed. In the watermarking technology of this invention, the digitized...
6664976 Image management system and methods using digital watermarks  
Digital watermarking technology is used in an image management system. Images are identified by digital watermarks. The images are stored so as to be indexed according to their unique identifiers....
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