Patent Document ID: 9106977
Application ID: 13341437
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for processing video comprising: an object model archive having object models modeling objects from a plurality of initial video files having one or more video frames depicting at least one object, the object model archive being stored at a server; and a codec customized to reconstruct compressed video data including one or more video frames, the customized codec configured to provide digital rights management of the compressed video file by: locking at least portions of a compressed video file, such that one or more object models from the archive are withheld pending unlocking of the compressed video file; transmitting the one or more object models from the server in response to granting playback access to a first computing system associated with a user, where the object models are auxiliary to and separate from the compressed video file; and responding to the receipt of the object models from the archive by unlocking the locked portions of the compressed video file, such that playback of the portions of the compressed video file is allowed in response to the object models from the archive being received at the first computing system associated with the user.