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US 12,407,787 B2Granted
Display case with transparent display for watermarking
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMatthias Seul, Dulce B. Ponceleon, Petr Novotny
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Abstract
A display case is provided. The display case includes a transparent display for viewing an object through the transparent display and a watermarking engine configured to display a watermark on the transparent display.
Claims10
A display case comprising:
- a transparent display for viewing an object through the transparent display;
- a watermarking engine configured to display a watermark on the transparent display, wherein location of the watermark indicates a current timestamp, wherein the watermarking engine is configured to change the display on the transparent display, wherein changing the display includes displaying text on the transparent display that diminishes ability to view the object through the transparent display;
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- a network interface configured to receive watermarking information from a management system and provide the watermarking information to the watermarking engine, wherein the watermarking engine generates the watermark in response to receiving the watermarking information, wherein the watermark contains watermarking information comprising a unique identifier, a validity period, a location indicator, and a signature.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, via a network interface, watermarking information from a management system;
- generating a watermark containing the watermarking information, the watermarking information comprising a unique identifier, a validity period, a location indicator, and a signature;
- displaying, on a transparent display of a display case, the watermark containing the watermarking information, wherein location of the watermark indicates a current timestamp, the transparent display for viewing an object within the display case;
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- changing the display on the transparent display, wherein changing the display includes displaying text on the transparent display that diminishes ability to view the object through the transparent display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.