Implementing group content substitution in media works

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9092928-B2
Application number	US-89798907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2007
Priority date	Jul 1, 2005
Publication date	Jul 28, 2015
Grant date	Jul 28, 2015

Abstract

A classification method and system for possible content alteration of a media work may include criteria regarding content that is feasible for alteration. Such criteria may be maintained in records that are accessible to an interested party. Some embodiments may include a record of primary authorization rights applicable to a possible content alteration. A further embodiment feature may include a record of secondary authorization rights applicable to substitute altered content incorporated in a derivative version. Various techniques may be used to incorporate substitute altered content in a derivative version of the media work in accordance with applicable substitution guidelines.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer program product, comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least:
one or more instructions for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, including at least one or more instructions for determining a restricted image within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, the restricted image including at least an image of at least one human subject;
one or more instructions for obtaining substitute content for collective incorporation in a derivative version of the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, including at least means for one or more instructions for obtaining a substitute image to substitute for the restricted image, the substitute image having a shared image attribute with the at least an image of at least one human image, the shared image attribute including a shared shape;
one or more instructions for confirming that the substitute content complies with one or more applicable alteration guidelines regarding what may be substituted for the group of related component elements; and
one or more instructions for implementing collective incorporation of the substitute content by modifying the group of related component elements in the derivative version with the substitute content.

2. A machine, comprising:
circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, including at least circuitry for determining a restricted image within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, the restricted image including at least an image of at least one human subject;
circuitry for obtaining substitute content for collective incorporation in a derivative version of the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, including at least circuitry for obtaining a substitute image to substitute for the restricted image, the substitute image having a shared image attribute with the at least an image of at least one human image, the shared image attribute including a shared shape;
circuitry for confirming that the substitute content complies with one or more applicable alteration guidelines regarding what may be substituted for the group of related component elements; and
circuitry for implementing collective incorporation of the substitute content by modifying the group of related component elements in the derivative version with the substitute content.

3. The machine of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, including at least circuitry for determining a restricted image within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, the restricted image including at least an image of at least one human subject comprises:
circuitry for receiving the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work at a social networking website.

4. The machine of claim 3 , wherein the circuitry for receiving the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work at a social networking website comprises:
circuitry for receiving the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work at a social networking website, the received at least one of a media asset or a composite media work uploaded to the social networking website via a user account associated with the social networking website.

5. The machine of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, including at least circuitry for determining a restricted image within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, the restricted image including at least an image of at least one human subject comprises:
circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work associated with capture by a digital image device.

6. The machine of claim 5 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work associated with capture by a digital image device comprises:
circuitry for identifying, using identification logic local to a digital image device, at least one of a media asset or a composite media work associated with capture by the digital image device.

7. The machine of claim 5 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work associated with capture by a digital image device comprises:
circuitry for identifying, using identification logic distal to a digital image device, at least one of a media asset or a composite media work associated with capture by the digital image device.

8. The machine of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, including at least circuitry for determining a restricted image within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, the restricted image including at least an image of at least one human subject comprises:
circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, the group of related component elements including at least an image of at least one human subject as a first component element and at least some metadata related to the image of at least one human subject as a second component element.

9. The machine of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, including at least circuitry for determining a restricted image within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, the restricted image including at least an image of at least one human subject comprises:
circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work including at least determining an image of at least one human subject within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, wherein the at least one human subject is associated with a prior preference for anonymity.

10. The machine of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work having a group of related component elements feasible for alteration, including at least circuitry for determining a restricted image within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, the restricted image including at least an image of at least one human subject comprises:
circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work including at least determining an image of at least one human subject within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, wherein the at least one human subject is associated with a restriction prohibiting images of the at least one human subject and at least one location portrayed by the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work.

11. The machine of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry for identifying at least one of a media asset or a composite media work including at least determining an image of at least one human subject within the at least one of a media asset or a composite media work, wherein the at least one human subject is associated with a restriction prohibiting images of the at least one human subject and at least one location portrayed by the at least one

Assignees

• Cohen Alexander J
• Jung Edward K Y
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Mangione-Smith William H
• Rinaldo Jr John D
• Tegreene Clarence T
• Invention Science Fund I Llc

Inventors

• Cohen Alexander J
• Jung Edward K Y
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A
• Mangione-Smith William H
• Rinaldo Jr John D
• Tegreene Clarence T

Classifications

• G07F17/26 Primary

  for printing, stamping, franking, typing or teleprinting apparatus (ticket printing or the like apparatus G07F17/42) · CPC title

• H04N21/47205

  for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally · CPC title

• G11B27/034

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title

• G11B27/036

  Insert-editing · CPC title

• H04N7/1675

  Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence (pseudo-random number generators in general G06F7/58) · CPC title