Application No. 09/304,644
Appeal No. 2004-0887
perform the function of decoding the encoded digital content at
the information terminal to produce a decoded digital content
having the ID information imprinted therein without additional ID
verification being performed at the information terminal by the
user thereof;
transmitting via the computer network the decoding program
to the information terminal; and
transmitting via the computer network the encoded digital
content to the information terminal in response to the request.
94. A method for distributing digital content, comprising;
receiving a request for digital content from an information
terminal;
obtaining an encoded version of the digital content;
generating a decoding program that can concurrently decode
the encoded digital content, read an identification code from the
information terminal, and imprint the identification code on the
digital content;
sending the encoded digital content and the decoding program
to the information terminal; and
concurrently decoding the encoded digital content, reading
an identification code from the information terminal, and
imprinting the identification code on the digital content at the
information terminal.
THE REFERENCES
Löfberg 4,528,588 Jul. 9, 1985
Holmes 5,287,407 Feb. 15, 1994
Klingman 5,729,594 Mar. 17, 1998
(filed Jun. 7, 1996)
R.G. van Schyndel et al. (van Schyndel) “A Digital Watermark”,
IEEE (1994).
Ingemar J. Cox et al. (Cox), “Secure Spread Spectrum Watermarking
for Images, Audio and Video”, IEEE (1996).
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claims 81, 82, 86, 88-92 and 94 over Löfberg in view of Holmes;
claims 83, 84 and 85 over Löfberg in view of Holmes, Cox and van
Schyndel; and claims 87 and 93 over Löfberg in view of Holmes and
Klingman.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007