Patent ID: 9137415
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising at a cloud-based service, receiving digital image files from which digital images can be displayed on devices, each of the digital image files comprising a limited edition that includes one or more instances of the digital image file, for each of the digital image files, using a process running on a computer to embed data in the digital image file on behalf of a party who has rights in the digital image file, the existence of the embedded data not being perceptible in any digital image that is displayed using the digital image file, the embedded data including information that can be used in a process of authenticating the digital image, the embedded data being uniquely associated with the limited edition, receiving at the cloud-based service, a digital image file to be authenticated, and authenticating the digital image file in a process running on a computer and that uses the embedded data.