Device-resident content protection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10045092-B2
Application number	US-201514885834-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2015
Priority date	Oct 16, 2015
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for enforcing the consumption and broadcasting of protected content. A user device on which protected content may be captured, consumed and/or broadcast to other user devices, identifies content being consumed and/or broadcast. Upon identifying the content, the content is determined as being protected or unprotected. If the content is deemed to be protected, the user device can cease consumption of the content on the user device as well as to the other user devices to which the content is being broadcast. Additionally, the user device can transmit a warning notification to one or more of the user device and the other user devices. Further still, the user device can present options to legitimize the presentation of the content on the user device and/or the other user devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
detecting when content is being captured by a capturing component on a user device;
determining, via the user device, whether the content is protected content; and
upon a determination that the content is protected content, altering a presentation of the content on the user device, wherein the altering of the presentation does not rely on a digital rights management technique associated with the content, wherein altering the presentation comprises presenting at least one option to legitimize the presentation of the content, the at least one option comprising an option to have an ad-supported version of the content presented on or from the user device, an option to rent the content, and an option to pre-order the content, and wherein altering the presentation of the content from the user device comprises presenting at least one option on another user device to which the content is being broadcast to legitimize the presentation of the content.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein detecting when the content is being captured comprises reading a portion of the content being captured into the user device and comparing the portion of the content with fingerprints indicative of known content.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein detecting when the content is being captured comprises monitoring the content for one or more watermarks embedded in the content.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the existence of the one or more watermarks indicates that the content is protected content.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising comparing the one or more watermarks with watermarks indicative of known content.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein altering the presentation of the content on the user device comprises presenting a notification on the user device that the content comprises protected content.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein altering the presentation of the content on the user device comprises ceasing the presentation of the content on the user device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein altering the presentation of the content on the user device comprises automatically redirecting the user device to connect to a website or initiate an application for legitimizing the presentation of the content.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein altering the presentation of the content on the user device comprises presenting a notification on another user device to which the content is being broadcast that the content comprises protected content.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein altering the presentation of the content from the user device comprises ceasing the presentation on another user device to which the content is being broadcast.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one option comprises an option to have an ad-supported version of the content presented on the another user device, an option to buy the content, an option to rent the content, and an option to pre-order the content.

12. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor;
a memory having computer code being executed to cause the processor to:
identify content being captured via an input device implemented within the apparatus;
determine whether the content is protected content; and
upon a determination that the content is protected content, altering the presentation of the content on the apparatus, wherein the altering of the presentation does not rely on a digital rights management technique associated with the content, wherein altering the presentation comprises presenting at least one option to legitimize the presentation of the content, the at least one option comprising an option to have an ad-supported version of the content presented on or from the user device, an option to rent the content, and an option to pre-order the content, and wherein altering the presentation of the content from the user device comprises presenting at least one option on another user device to which the content is being broadcast to legitimize the presentation of the content.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the computer code being executed to cause the processor to identify the content further causes the processor to monitor the content for a watermark and activation of the input device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein computer code further causes the processor to match the watermark with a known watermark indicative of known content.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the activation of the input device triggers an output pulse in response to which the computer code further causes the processor to read in at least one portion of the content for a comparison with fingerprints indicative of known content.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the computer code being executed to cause the processor to alter the presentation of the content further causes the processor to prohibit continued presentation of the content on the apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the computer code being executed to cause the processor to alter the presentation of the content further causes the processor to issue a protected content notification for presentation on at least one of the output device of the apparatus and at least one output device of a second apparatus that the content is broadcast to from the apparatus.

Assignees

• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Deuel Matthew
• Silverman Leon

Classifications

• H04N21/8358 Primary

  involving watermark {(protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467)} · CPC title

• H04N21/44008

  involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59) · CPC title

• H04N21/2541

  Rights Management (protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08) · CPC title

• H04N21/454

  Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements · CPC title

• H04N21/4223

  Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) · CPC title