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US 9,866,534 B2Granted
Computer ecosystem providing privacy and tracking in sharing user-generated content
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorGraham Clift
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for securely sharing user-generated content using DRM principles, and for tracking statistics of content viewing. In this way, a user can generate protected content that can still be shared among friends on, e.g., a social network.
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A device comprising:
- at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor on a sensor chip also containing an image or sound sensor for:
- receiving from a digital rights management (DRM) service an encryption application;
- accessing at least one encryption key to encrypt user-generated content;
- encrypting the user-generated content on the sensor chip using the at least one key to render encrypted content, and
- sending the encrypted content for provision thereof to the DRM service, the encryption application thus being provided to a sensor chip also containing an image or sound sensor such that content generated by the image or sound sensor is encrypted using the encryption application before the content is sent from the sensor chip to a central processing unit (CPU) bus.
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A method comprising:
- establishing a sharing domain to share user-generated content (UGC) generated by a user associated with a user identification (UID);
- tagging the UGC with the UID;
- and
- providing an encryption application to a sensor chip also containing an image or sound sensor such that UGC generated by the image or sound sensor can be encrypted on the sensor chip using the encryption application before the UGC is sent from the sensor chip to a central processing unit (CPU) bus.
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A system comprising:
- at least one computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory signal and that includes instructions executable by at least one processor for:
- providing to a user associated with user-generated content (UGC) a user identification (UID);
- receiving from the user UGC tagged with the UID;
- receiving from the user user-defined digital rights management rules (DRM);
- and
- providing an encryption application to a sensor chip also containing an image or sound sensor such that content generated by the image or sound sensor can be encrypted on the sensor chip using the encryption application before the content is sent from the sensor chip to a central processing unit (CPU) bus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.