Secure content augmentation systems and methods
OwnerJarl Nilsson, Vivek Palan +1inventors
InventorsJarl Nilsson, Vivek Palan, Michael Manente
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for augmenting and/or otherwise supplementing content using watermarks. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, a user device such as a smartphone may be used to retrieve watermark information encoded in a watermark. The watermark information may comprise content that supplements an associated content item, link and/or location information that may be used to retrieve supplemental content, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the watermark information may comprise cryptographic and/or other access token information used to decrypt and/or otherwise access supplemental content.
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A method for managing access to supplemental electronic content associated with a content item performed by a user device comprising a processor and a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the user device to perform the method, the method comprising:
- capturing, using a sensor system of the user device, an image of a watermark associated with the content item;
- retrieving, from the image of the watermark, first watermark information encoded in the image;
- extracting, from the first watermark information, a first cryptographic key;
- retrieving, from the image of the watermark, second watermark information encoded in the image, the second watermark information comprising information used to retrieve encrypted supplemental electronic content from a service system;
- sending a request to the service system based on the second watermark information for the encrypted supplemental electronic content;
- receiving, from the service system in response to the request, the encrypted supplemental electronic content;
- decrypting the encrypted supplemental electronic content using the first cryptographic key;
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- displaying the decrypted supplemental electronic content on a display of the user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.