Digital watermark embedding apparatus and method, and digital watermark analysis apparatus, method and program

A digital watermark analysis method of specifying at least one of a plurality of identification information items embedded as a plurality of watermark information items in a plurality of legal copies of digital contents used for collusive attacks, from a plurality of illegal copies of the digital contents obtained by collusive attacks made against the legal copies, the digital watermark analysis method comprising:

• extracting a plurality of embedded codes including ranks from the illegal copies, each of the ranks being uniquely numbered among each of the embedded codes and extracting, in units of ranks, one of the embedded codes which is estimated to be most frequently used in the collusive attacks;
• acquiring a plurality of symbols corresponding to the embedded codes and arranging the symbols in accordance with the ranks of the embedded codes, and acquiring a first symbol sequence of symbol sequences each of which includes a plurality of the symbols;
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• specifying at least one of the identification information items embedded in the legal copies, based on a plurality of second symbol sequences uniquely assigned to the identification information items and the first symbol sequence.

A program stored in a computer readable medium which enables a computer to function as a digital watermark analysis apparatus for specifying at least one of a plurality of identification information items embedded as a plurality of watermark information items in a plurality of legal copies of digital contents used for collusive attacks, from a plurality of illegal copies of the digital contents obtained by collusive attacks made against the legal copies, the program comprising:

• means for instructing the computer to extract a plurality of embedded codes including ranks from the illegal copies, each of the ranks being uniquely numbered among each of the embedded codes and extracting, in units of ranks, one of the embedded codes which is estimated to be most frequently used in the collusive attacks;
• means for instructing the computer to acquire a plurality of symbols corresponding to the embedded codes and arranging the symbols in accordance with the ranks of the embedded codes, and acquiring a first symbol sequence of symbol sequences each of which includes a plurality of the symbols based on the symbols;
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• means for instructing the computer to specify at least one of the identification information items embedded in the legal copies, based on the first symbol sequence and second symbol sequences uniquely assigned to the identification information items.

A digital watermark analysis apparatus for specifying at least one of a plurality of identification information items embedded as a plurality of watermark information items in a plurality of legal copies of digital contents used for collusive attacks, from a plurality of illegal copies of the digital contents obtained by collusive attacks made against the legal copies, the digital watermark analysis apparatus comprising:

• an extraction unit configured to extract an embedded code including components from one of the illegal copies, each of the components being uniquely ordered among the components and extract, in units of components, the embedded code which is estimated to be most frequently used in the collusive attacks to obtain a plurality of embedded codes;
• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of symbols corresponding to the embedded codes and arrange the symbols in accordance with the components included in each of the embedded codes, and acquire a first symbol sequence of symbol sequences each of which includes a plurality of the symbols based on the symbols;
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• a specifying unit configured to specify at least one of the identification information items embedded in the legal copies, based on the first symbol sequence and second symbol sequences uniquely assigned to the identification information items.

A digital watermark analysis method of specifying at least one of a plurality of identification information items embedded as a plurality of watermark information items in a plurality of legal copies of digital contents used for collusive attacks, from a plurality of illegal copies of the digital contents obtained by collusive attacks made against the legal copies, the digital watermark analysis method comprising:

• extracting an embedded code including components from one of the illegal copies, each of the components being uniquely ordered among the components and extracting, in units of components, the embedded code which is estimated to be most frequently used in the collusive attacks to obtain a plurality of embedded codes;
• acquiring a plurality of symbols corresponding to the embedded codes and arranging the symbols in accordance with the components included in each of the embedded codes, and acquiring a first symbol sequence of symbol sequences each of which includes a plurality of the symbols based on the symbols;
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• specifying at least one of the identification information items embedded in the legal copies, based on the first symbol sequence and second symbol sequences uniquely assigned to the identification information items.

A program stored in a computer readable medium which enables a computer to function as a digital watermark analysis apparatus for specifying at least one of a plurality of identification information items embedded as a plurality of watermark information items in a plurality of legal copies of digital contents used for collusive attacks, from a plurality of illegal copies of the digital contents obtained by collusive attacks made against the legal copies, the program comprising:

• means for instructing the computer to extract a plurality of embedded codes including ranks from the illegal copies, each of the ranks being uniquely numbered among each of the symbol sequences;
• means for instructing the computer to acquire a plurality of symbols corresponding to the embedded codes and arranging the symbols in accordance with the ranks of the embedded codes, and acquiring a first symbol sequence of symbol sequences each of which includes a plurality of the symbols based on the symbols;
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• means for instructing the computer to specify at least one of the identification information items embedded in the legal copies, based on the first symbol sequence and second symbol sequences uniquely assigned to the identification information items.