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US 6,286,036 B1Granted
Audio- and graphics-based linking to internet
AssigneeDigimarc Corporation
InventorGeoffrey B. Rhoads
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Abstract
Address information is obtained from audio or from a graphic and used to link to the internet. The address information can be a literal URL, or may be an index to a database from which a corresponding URL can be obtained.
Claims8
A method for audio-based linking to the internet, comprising:
- steganographically decoding an audio signal to obtain address information encoded thereby;
- and
- using said address information in establishing a link to the internet.
A method for graphic-based linking to the internet, comprising:
- receiving digital data corresponding to a graphic image at a user's computer;
- steganographically decoding said graphic image to discern the plural-bit index data encoded thereby;
- using plural-bit index data obtained from said graphic image digital data to index a database;
- obtaining from said database a URL address corresponding to said plural-bit index data;
- establishing a link to said URL address;
- and
- presenting a screen display on the user's computer in accordance with information obtained from said URL address.
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