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US 2026/0205638 A1Published application
Systems and methods for content interference
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsMatthew EBERSVILLER, Ryan MCMURRAY, Jonathan KIRKOVICH
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for preventing piracy of content. Content may be encoded with a human audible interference audio. The interference audio may make it difficult for a human to understand the content, while still allowing output of the content. To remove the interference audio, a user device may determine a location of the interference audio within the content, use a key to demodulate the content, and/or have information indicating the content of the interference audio.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving content comprising an audio portion;
- determining a location within the audio portion;
- causing interference audio to be inserted, based on the location, into the audio portion of the content, wherein the interference audio comprises human audible audio that interferes with at least a portion of the audio portion;
- and
- sending, to a user device, the content comprising the audio portion having the interference audio, wherein the user device is configured to remove the interference audio before output of the content based on authorization to access the content.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a content comprising an audio portion combined with interference audio, wherein the interference audio comprises human audible audio that interferes with at least a portion of the audio portion;
- determining a location within the audio portion;
- causing the interference audio to be removed, based on the location, from the audio portion of the content;
- and
- causing output of the content comprising the audio portion without the interference audio.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a request for content comprising an audio portion;
- generating, based on the request, encoded content comprising interference audio mixed with the audio portion, wherein the interference audio comprises human audible audio that interferes with at least a portion of the audio portion;
- and
- sending the encoded content and a key for removing the interference audio.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.